Social Security may be one of your largest assets. What and when you collect will make a huge difference to your lifetime benefits. Today’s column examines widow's benefits, the effects of divorce on ...

Losing a spouse is an emotional and challenging experience, and it often brings financial concerns to the forefront. Social Security benefits can provide critical support to widows, helping them ...

Social Security survivors benefits can be an important source of financial stability after your partner passes away.

Their decision will have a lasting effect on your checks. When most people think of Social Security, they think of the retirement benefits that seniors receive after putting in a few decades in the ...

Sometimes, when I write a column about a certain topic, that column seems to generate more questions than answers. And that certainly was the case with a column I wrote about widows benefits just ...

kali9 / Getty Images Sometimes, when I write a column about a certain topic, that column seems to generate more questions than it answers. That certainly was the case with a column I wrote about ...