PeopleImages / Getty Images I get a lot of emails from women who have questions about the widows benefits they are already getting. Or they have questions about the widows benefits they think they ...

I get a lot of emails from women who have questions about the widows benefits they are already getting. Or they have questions about the widows benefits they think they will be getting in the future.

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 ...

Widows benefits are benefits available to the surviving spouse of deceased workers. If the worker claimed Social Security early, this will also reduce the maximum widows benefit available to their ...

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 ...

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 ...