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The Friends of the Marple Library in Broomall will host a FREE financial seminar on your Social Security Benefits at 6:30 pm Monday April 11.

Social Security is fairly simple provided you have worked long enough to earn the required number of quarters and were never married. However, when you add two-income couples and/or divorce into the mix -- both historically high among baby boomers -- the decisions become very complicated. The problem is, making the wrong choices can result in less income for the rest of your life.

This course walks you through common, but surprisingly complex, situations involving Social Security, including:

• 1) How being married, divorced or widowed impacts your benefits;

• 2) How to give your Social Security check a government-guaranteed boost; and

• 3) How benefits for one spouse are affected by when and how the other spouse files.

This presentation will educate you on the many decisions involved in claiming Social Security, as well as their consequences, and provide strategies to maximize the benefits received. All of your questions will be answered by experts. Please bring your questions.

This financial seminar will begin at 6:30 pm in the lower level meeting room on Monday April 11 and it is free and open to the public. Our speakers, Victor E. Dupuis, C. Ross Edmonds, Michael Nalls, Aaron Miner, and Joshua Jenkins, are licensed professional financial advisers who are registered representatives of and offers securities, investment advisory, and financial planning services through MML Investors Services, LLC.

Reservations are requested but not required at 610-356-1510. A reception of delicious desserts will immediately follow the seminar so all can meet the speakers. The Marple Library is located at 2599 Sproul Road, Broomall.