We'll walk you through how surviving spouses might navigate different benefit types from the Social Security Administration ...

Dear Abby: My husband passed away 10 years ago. We were married for 45 years. Two years ago, my daughter set me up on a dating site. I met and married a man I connected with there. To this day, my son ...

Plenty of books and articles offer financial planning tips for widows and widowers mourning the loss of their spouse--and often the loss of that spouse's income. But few address the financial issues ...

Cameron: I have a hypothetical question regarding a widow who is 62 and has not claimed Social Security. Her husband died four years ago. She plans to claim survivor benefits at her full retirement ...

Many widows are getting their own Social Security benefits, and a new marriage will never end her entitlement to her own benefits.(adamkaz / Getty Images) As I’ve pointed out over and over again in ...