Losing a spouse is emotionally shattering, and the financial fallout can quietly compound that grief for years. I focus here on five specific money mistakes that can devastate a surviving spouse, ...

WASHINGTON — Surviving spouses of war veterans have been wrongfully denied up to millions of dollars in government benefits over the past 12 years due to computer glitches that often resulted in money ...

The more significant reform, however, was that for the first time, a widow with children would receive the statutory legacy and half the estate outright, as opposed to being held in trust. Furthermore ...