Starting this summer, millions of Social Security recipients face new garnishment rules. Learn the two legal ways retirees can avoid losing their benefits.

Farro previously had her Social Security garnished and expects it to restart. Farro's loans date back 40 years. She was a single mother when she got a bachelor's degree in developmental psychology.

Social Security recipients with defaulted student loans are no longer at risk of having their benefits reduced, for now.

The U.S. Education Department has reversed course and now says it has not and will not garnish the Social Security benefits ...

Borrowers who have defaulted on their student loans will no longer be at risk of having their Social Security benefits ...