Married couples may consider filing separate returns if one spouse has a lot of medical expenses. However, if one spouse itemizes their deductions, the other spouse must itemize, too. Couples who ...

The term qualified widow or widower refers to a tax filing status that allows a surviving spouse to use the married filing jointly tax rates on an individual return. The provision is good for up ...

With multiple pending free agents, including left-hander Yusei Kikuchi, the Astros could face a potential problem in 2025 if things went how they did last season. It's something to keep an eye on ...

This election cycle is so heated and hyperpartisan, some people say they’re planning to do just what Cheney suggested: Hide whom they’re really voting for from their spouses and family. Certainly, in ...

A forensic psychiatrist called by prosecutors Thursday in the trial of accused suitcase killer Sarah Boone testified she has Battered Spouse Syndrome — the mental health issue central to her ...

The Secure Act of 2019 changed inherited IRA rules. Distribution time frames from inherited IRAs depend on whether you’re a spouse. Required minimum distributions from an inherited IRA could be ...

Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa have performed together in his E Street Band for almost as long as they’ve been married, but that hasn’t kept them from maintaining a healthy work-life ...

For instance, you might be removed from the loan if the creditor releases you or your former spouse refinances the loan and removes your name. Home equity loans are a popular way for married ...

She applied for and was granted the exemption — and three years later got a bill from Fairfax County for the real estate taxes she thought she didn’t have to pay. Maj. Voelke — Traci’s ...

John took great pride in his heritage, his wife, and in all of his children and their spouses. John is survived by his wife of 69 years, Jean Elizabeth Cooley Rinko from East Herkimer, NY ...

If accessing someone else’s smartphone — any loved one — is made too easy, a divorced spouse could try, say, to pull a fast one on an ex. Or a scammer might attempt to exploit data on an exposed phone ...

“What about common-law spouses?” is a question I posed at the end of last week’s column. I discussed the rights of stepchildren in estate matters. Stepchildren are treated differently from ...