The widow's penalty can reduce your Social Security income after a spouse dies. Learn how this works, why it happens, and ...

When a spouse dies, the emotional shock often collides with an immediate financial question: what happens to the Social Security income that helped pay the bills. Survivor rules are technical, but ...

It's of course very difficult to lose your spouse — and some survivors may also have to deal with the shock of higher taxes after their wife or husband dies. That's because after a partner's death, ...

When a veteran receiving disability compensation dies, the first change a surviving spouse notices is immediate. The monthly payment that helped carry the household stops. What m ...

Regarding Bambi Vargo’s Sept. 13 letter, “Sherrod Brown fights for pension fairness” on ensuring full pension benefits to surviving teachers and other public employees after their spouse dies: Could ...

The death of a spouse can be devastating, and in the aftermath, calls from collection agencies about medical bills and other debts could not come at a worse time. But surviving spouses may not be ...

Discover how Tenants by Entirety protects married couples' property rights, offers full ownership, and compares with other methods like joint tenancy and tenancy in common.

In an issue of first impression in this circuit, the court held a plan administrator’s interpretation of a qualified domestic relations order, adopting the terms of a domestic relations order entered ...

Your beneficiary designation will often control where your IRA goes once you pass away. Make sure you don't leave unintended ...

Divorce does not automatically change who will inherit your 401k. Make sure you know the rules and update your plans.