Immigration experts say the Trump administration has increased scrutiny of spouses seeking green cards.

There are some tricky rules to learn, but applying them may net you a lot more money from Social Security.

This could be a game changer for your Social Security benefits.

And how to avoid them.

Losing a spouse is one of the saddest and most stressful things that can happen to someone. Among the many things on a survivor's to-do list are financial matters, such as looking into the probate ...

Maximizing your Social Security benefits is a bit more complicated when you're married. Not only do you have to worry about timing your claim right, but you also have to figure out which type of ...

She is 64, divorced after a marriage that lasted well over a decade, and never remarried. For years she had been doing the ...

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I've been saving up questions I've gotten from readers about benefits for spouses. It's an issue I've covered a hundred times in this column. But the questions still keep coming. So, here is column No ...

Spouses of U.S. citizens have traditionally had a special place in immigration law. That's no longer the case, according to ...

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