If you've recently gotten remarried, retirement might not be the first thing on your mind. But it has an effect on what your ...

When one spouse dies, the surviving spouse will inherit the deceased partner's Social Security payout (as a survivors benefit) if it's larger than his or her own retirement benefit. Eligibility ...

Dear Eric: My spouse recently died, leaving me with a substantial financial estate. Now I have to decide what to do with it. We had no children (we were a male couple). My spouse had three younger ...

Can I Retire At Age 62 And Draw From My Spouse? Hi Larry, My husband is 11 years older than me. He was born on January 1951 and is waiting until he is 70 to retire.

Retiring as a couple means having to take each other's needs into consideration, so it's important to plan for that milestone ...

It's tough enough when a spouse dies. But at tax time, the survivor should prepare for another blow: a bigger tax tab, known as the widow's (or widower's) penalty. When a spouse dies, the survivor ...

If at least one spouse has a job, both can have IRAs and build a bigger nest egg Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert ...

Either way, when one spouse passes away, one of those revenue streams disappears. Survivors benefits compensate for that lost ...

What happens to your Social Security benefit when your spouse dies Married couples often receive two Social Security checks. In certain cases, that means two retired-worker benefits.