{"product_id":"the-last-address","title":"The Last Address — What to Write Down, Who to Tell, and What You Will Be Asked to Prove After a Death","description":"\u003cp\u003eNobody tells you that the administration outlasts the sympathy. The casseroles stop after about two weeks. The letters addressed to a person who has died keep coming for a year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd there is no list. Every institution wants something slightly different, each one holds a separate piece, and none of them talks to the others. The bank wants a certified copy it will keep. The utility wants a phone call and a final reading. The magazine wants nothing at all and will keep arriving until somebody cancels the card it bills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Last Address\u003c\/strong\u003e is a place to write down what you found, who you told, and what they said. It is a record, and it is built for the three weeks when you are doing all of this from memory, in grief, across dozens of short phone calls you will not be able to tell apart afterwards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe method: the Three Rings\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEverything with their name on it falls into one of three rings. \u003cstrong\u003eRing one\u003c\/strong\u003e needs a certified copy — banks, pensions, insurers, anywhere property is titled. \u003cstrong\u003eRing two\u003c\/strong\u003e needs a call and a date — utilities, the employer, Social Security, the landlord. \u003cstrong\u003eRing three\u003c\/strong\u003e just has to stop — subscriptions, memberships, the wine club, the phone plan that still renews.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSorting takes twenty minutes, and it answers the question people get wrong first: how many certified copies of the death certificate to order. Order three when you need nine and you will wait again at the worst possible moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is inside\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEight fill-in worksheets.\u003c\/strong\u003e The certificate count. The document hunt. A ledger for every institution that needs proof. A call log with the name and the reference number you will want three weeks from now.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe stop list\u003c\/strong\u003e — how to find every recurring charge in one pass through three months of statements, rather than discovering them one at a time for a year.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe people sheet\u003c\/strong\u003e, so two of you do not call the same cousin while nobody calls the oldest friend.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOne page you do not fill in.\u003c\/strong\u003e You hand it to the attorney, the accountant or the funeral director, and they write down what they are holding, what they are not handling, and the next date.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA quick reference page\u003c\/strong\u003e for the folder, with the handful of details you will otherwise look up forty times.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat it will not do\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book does not tell you what the law requires of you. Deadlines, fees, thresholds and which court handles the estate are left blank for you to fill in after you ask, because they differ by state and they change. The last page says plainly who this will not work for — a contested will, an insolvent estate, guardianship of minor children, no will and significant property — and tells you to call a probate attorney instead. A record will make that conversation shorter. It will not do the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e 24 pages, US Letter. Print it at home or fill it in on screen. One PDF, instant download, yours to keep and reprint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEducational use. Handbook House guides are materials for organizing your own records. They are not legal, tax or financial advice, and they are not a substitute for a professional who knows your particular situation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Handbook House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68124570714344,"sku":null,"price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/2181\/2456\/files\/The_Last_Address_-_listing.png?v=1793920995","url":"https:\/\/handbookhouse.com\/products\/the-last-address","provider":"Handbook House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}