If you can keep working while looking after your health, do it. You get 100% of your Social Security benefit at full ...

My spouse and I have two kids, ages 2 and almost 5. This summer, for financial reasons, we’re relocating from the city where ...

That means two things. First, you could legitimately move half the money into another account for your son, preferably with ...

This parent is over the job, over the marriage and over the friendships in their small town, but feeling stuck with it all.

Today is my 61st birthday, which has me thinking hard about retirement. Eleven years ago, I divorced after 23 years of marriage. I had been a stay-at-home mother for more than 10 years and was ...

There is tension in the house. When I say anything, I am immediately wrong - unless my daughter wants something, and then she's sickly sweet. OK, I have a small pension of $1,500, Social Security of ...

A common question I receive from clients is: "What happens to my credit card debt if I die?" This concern is understandable, ...

A surviving spouse, any age, with a child younger than age 16 gets 75% of the worker’s benefit amount. Children generally get ...

If the house is sold within two years of a spouse’s death, the remaining spouse can qualify for the full $500,000 home sale ...

I'm 84 and widowed. My daughter is the beneficiary of my IRA and the successor trustee for my revocable living trust. She's in a shaky marriage that could soon end in divorce. How can I prevent her ...