What to Do When Someone Dies

Description

Someone has died and there is paperwork. That is an absurd thing to be true and it is true anyway.

This is an administrative checklist, not a grief book. It was written for someone exhausted and scanning, reading one section at a time, out of order, on a phone. There is nothing in it about how to feel.

What it covers

The first 24 hours, which contain far less than they feel like they do · the first week and registration · how many copies of the certificate to order, which is the decision people get wrong and pay for over months · the funeral decisions, with the plain statement that there is no correct amount to spend · notifying, in the order that wastes the least time · the accounts · the estate basics · the digital accounts · and the second wave at three to six months, which nobody mentions.

Plus three tracking sheets: who has been notified and when, what documents exist and where, and what is still outstanding.

Honest limits

Registration, probate, liability for debt and tax rules differ from one country to another and change over time. Every section touching law or tax says so at the top and points to a professional. It is not legal, tax or financial advice.

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