Use this checklist to help better understand your Social Security benefit.

Depending on your earnings history, you may be better off taking a spousal benefit. This flowchart can help you determine the next steps.

Once you are divorced, you should consider any effects on your Social Security benefit. This flowchart can help you through this process.

If you spouse passes away, you may be entitled to their benefit. Use this flowchart to help determine your eligibility.

Filing for Social Security should not be done blindly. This flowchart can help you understand the consequences of pulling your benefit early