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Tyler Hill, Investment Adviser Representative

Six Ways to Prepare for Widowhood and Protect the Surviving Spouse

An older couple look serious as they look at a tablet together over breakfast.

One of the most difficult aspects of retirement planning for many married couples is discussing what life might look like when one of them passes and the other is left alone.

Loving couples, of course, prefer to focus on how they’ll spend their retirement together — enjoying their homes, their hobbies, their families and friends. But failing to plan for the death of a spouse and how it might affect the survivor — emotionally, physically and financially — could have serious consequences.

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