Every couple of years, I like to cover a topic that confuses almost everyone. And that confusion comes at a time when they have so many other things on their minds. I’m talking about handling the Social Security affairs of someone who has died.
Of course, there are many different potential scenarios involving the death of someone. But for today’s column, I will be primarily dealing with the one I most commonly hear about from my readers. It involves a husband and wife, both of whom were getting Social Security benefits—and the husband dies.
