The Essential Executor's Handbook: A Quick and Handy Resource for Dealing With Wills, Trusts, Benefits, and Probate

INTRODUCTION

As with any book, people will read this one for any number of reasons. But if you are reading it because you have lost a loved one, you have my most sincere condolences. I have worked with the dying, the wake they leave behind, and their grieving families for 35 years. In every case, somebody steps up to put things in order—what is generally referred to as “settling the estate.” If that someone is you, you are an exceptional individual. Most want no part of it (except for the money, of course) and are more than happy to leave the task to someone else. But, like anything you have never done before, you are probably anxious and overwhelmed. Those feelings are completely normal. It’s your first day at school and you are rightly frightened. ...