Other Publications
The following books shall be helpful to you in the event you need more information:
Survivor Assistance Handbook, by Mark Colgan
An easy-to-follow financial roadmap for the hours, days and months following death. It addresses a myriad of your concerns and questions. Topics range from how to find the right attorney to tips for organizing all that paperwork, processing the estate, avoiding identity theft and even preparing for your own death. It is also full of easy-to-use forms, sample letters and task-oriented checklists.
Survivor Assistance Journal, by Mark Colgan
The perfect companion for The Survivor Assistance Handbook because it helps to ensure that all of your wishes, hopes and dreams for your family are documented. It also is an easy-to-follow tool for documenting accurate information about your current financial holdings and assets that can be quickly and easily accessed by your survivors during a very difficult time.
The Survivors Guide, by V.K. Thornton
This book gives vulnerable people easy-to-use tools for avoiding…or dealing with…crooks and crooked business.
Financial Strategies for Today's Widow, by David Latko
Provides help in understanding the choices that come with reorganizing finances, making sure there will always be enough, knowing what your assets are and how to access them, choosing the right insurance, and choosing a financial advisor.
The Wise Inheritor
The complete guide for managing the financial, legal, and emotional issues of inheritances large and small.
Funerals: A Consumers Guide
Available from the Federal Trade Commission. www.ftc.gov
Survivor Benefits: Publication No. 05-10084 and No. 05-10024
Available from the Social Security Administration. www.ssa.gov
Tax Facts for Seniors with a Change in Marital Status: IRS publication 3864
Available from the Internal Revenue Service. www.irs.gov
What Every Woman Should Know from Social Security Administration: Publication No. 05-10127
Available from the Social Security Administration
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