Written by Dave Laemers

Posted in conjunction with Basic Funerals

Death is an unavoidable part of life. As a widow, you have had the unfortunate experience of dealing with death on a deeply personal level. It’s hard. You know it, we know it, cased closed. Or so you’d think. It’s now more important than ever that you take the steps to ensure your affairs are taken care of. Here are five reasons that pre-planning is so beneficial.

Honour your wishes:

When you move ...

written by Patrick Hartford

If you’re an estate trustee (either an executor or an administrator), you should be advertising for creditors to protect yourself from personal liability.  But with the emergence of advertising for creditors online, this doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive.

Generally speaking, the deceased’s debts must be paid before the assets of the estate are distributed to the beneficiaries.  One of the jobs of an estate trustee is to identify and pay these debts.  This isn’t always easy, ...

Written by Dave Laemers & Jennifer Black

Posted in conjunction with Basic Funerals

Typically, people don’t consider naming an executor of their own will until they are well past middle-age. This is when they consider themselves closer to death than to birth and thus opt to make the “proper” arrangements. This is one of the biggest misconceptions about naming an executor. It can be done at any time. This is especially important for those who have recently been widowed because they ...

We hope you find this post by Maryanne Pope useful; Maryanne is the CEO of Pink Gazelle Productions and the author of “A Widow’s Awakening.”

Okay, I will keep this grief-related blog short – partly because people’s attention spans this time of year are remarkably short (and I speak from experience on this) but mostly because the message I have to communicate (also learned from experience, unfortunately) is REALLY important.

If you have recently lost a loved one and this is your first Christmas without that person:

Be warned: ...

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