Wall Street Journal
February 4, 2012
END OF LIFE
Here’s how to deal with your parents’ stuff while preserving family harmony and finances.
As older parents approach death, they often leave lengthy to-do lists for their children. The tasks can be both physical and financial. Some children must deal with a tangle of arrangements – everything from heating-oil contracts to trusts – along with jumbled stock certificates, car titles or life-insurance policies for which there may be no backup copies. Others must sift through boxes or rooms full of belongings. Sometimes siblings get involved, complicating matters further.
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