how much are survivor benefits 
the amount of survivorship benefits depends on the lifetime earnings for the deceased surviving spouses at retirement age typically earn around 100 of the benefits that the deceased would have earned alive surviving spouses who have not reached retirement age surviving children and surviving dependent parents typically receive 75 82 of the deceased s benefits the bottom linewith benefit of survivorship is a legal arrangement that allows shared ownership of a property or asset between a small group of people when one of the co owners dies their share automatically passes to the other surviving owners rather than to any children or heirs this arrangement allows ownership rights to pass without the usual hassle of estate settlements and probate 