What to Do When a Loved One Dies
Taking Charge at a Difficult Time
1st Edition
Published on 15. November 2009
192 pages
978-1-62873-267-2 (ISBN)
Description
At some point in everyone's life, everyone will be placed in the position of dealing with the death of a loved one. Arranging all the necessary details at such a difficult time can prove overwhelming. However, help is now at hand in this guide that covers all the essential aspects:
- Ways to avoid probate and other estate problems while you're still alive through gifts and trusts
- Pre-funeral formalities, such as when the loved one dies in another state or country
- Selecting a funeral parlor and working with its director and clergy with regard to the funeral service
- Disposition of the remains, whether burial or cremation
- Probating the will or marshalling the assets if the deceased died intestate
- Survivor benefits and other financial and tax matters
- Mourning and grief therapy
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Steven D. Price is the author or editor of more than forty books, including the bestselling The Whole Horse Catalog, the prize-winning The American Quarter Horse, The Quotable Horse Lover, and All the King's Horses: The Story of the Budweiser Clydesdales. He lives in New York City, rides whenever and wherever he can, and numbers Don Burt among the finest horsemen he's known.
Content
- Intro
- Also by Steven D. Price
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- INTRODUCTION - You Step Forward
- CHAPTER 1 - The Death
- NOTIFYING OTHERS
- LOCATING DOCUMENTS AND SECURING THE PROPERTY
- CHAPTER 2 - The Funeral Home
- WORKING WITH A FUNERAL DIRECTOR
- RELOCATING THE REMAINS
- CREMATION VS. INTERMENT
- DRAFTING AN OBITUARY
- BUYING A CASKET OR URN
- CHAPTER 3 - The Service
- THE SERVICE: WHEN AND WHERE?
- MEMORIAL SERVICES
- EULOGIES
- MILITARY BURIALS
- CHAPTER 4 - Grief Counseling and Therapy
- STAGES OF GRIEF
- FORMS OF GRIEF
- EXPLAINING DEATH TO YOUNG CHILDREN
- COUNSELING VS.THERAPY
- CHAPTER 5 - Housekeeping
- COLLECTING INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION
- HEADSTONES
- DISPOSING OF THE LOVED ONE'S PERSONAL EFFECTS
- CHAPTER 6 - Probate: An Overview
- YOUR ROLE AS EXECUTOR
- CHAPTER 7 - The Probate Process
- BEGINNING THE PROBATE PROCEDURE
- OPENING AN ESTATE ACCOUNT AND DIVIDING THE ESTATE
- DISTRIBUTING THE ASSETS
- SORTING OUT TAXES
- CLOSING THE ESTATE
- SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES
- CHAPTER 8 - Estate Planning
- MAKING A WILL
- LIVING TRUSTS
- OTHER STRATEGIES
- PLAN AHEAD FOR THE INEVITABLE
- APPENDIX A - A Checklist
- APPENDIX B - Funeral Practices
- APPENDIX C - A Sample Basic Will
- APPENDIX D - Small Estate Affidavit
- APPENDIX E - The Primary Provision of a Living Trust
- APPENDIX F - A Bouquet of Quotations
- APPENDIX G - Glossary
- APPENDIX H - For Further Information
