How Social Security treats the survivors of young workers
Eligibility rules are more lenient for the survivors of young workers because of their brief careers.
I just received a sad question from a financial adviser in Indiana who asked if there would be any Social Security benefits available for a young widow and child following the death of their 25-year old husband and father in a traffic accident. She noted that the young man had not worked long enough
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