WHEN A LOVED ONE DIES - WHERE TO BEGIN

When a loved one dies, the grief is only the beginning. Then come the questions.

Where's the will? Did they have life insurance - and with what company? Which accounts existed, and where? Who has to be notified? What has to happen first? And the hardest one of all: what did they leave behind that no one knows about?

If the person you lost didn't leave an organized plan, you're not just grieving - you're a detective, an administrator, and a bill-payer, all at once, in the worst week of your life.

This book is the steady hand on your shoulder that says: here's what to do first, and here's how to find everything they left behind - even when no one knows where anything is.

Written in plain language for someone who has never done this before, it walks you step by step through the entire process:

• What truly can't wait - and what you should not do yet
• How to establish your authority so banks and insurers will actually talk to you
• A proven, four-layer method for finding hidden accounts, policies, and property - reading the paper trail, working backward from tax returns, searching the free government and industry databases most families never check
• Who to notify, what to stop, and which debts you do - and don't - actually owe
• How to protect yourself from the scams that target the grieving
• A complete tracking system and a quick-reference checklist that turn an overwhelming task into an orderly one

You don't have to read it cover to cover. Turn to the chapter that fits where you are, and it tells you exactly what to do next.

You didn't ask for this job. This book helps you do it - and then put it down, knowing you did enough.