The Next of Kin Workbook

WHEN A LIFE ENDS, A FAMILY BEGINS A SECOND CRISIS.If you died tonight, would your family know what to do tomorrow?Which attorney holds the will. What bank accounts exist. The funeral wishes you never wrote down. Who gets the wedding ring. What to do about the dog. The safe combination. The password manager. The firearms. Your father's pocket watch.Most families face these questions for the first time during the worst week of their lives. Bills go unpaid. Accounts get frozen. Heirlooms disappear. Pets end up in shelters. Siblings stop speaking. The grief is hard enough. The chaos doesn't have to be.The NEXT OF KIN WORKBOOK puts everything your family needs to know in one place, before they need it.WHAT'S INSIDE:QUICK START — A first-hour playbook for the next of kin. Five calls to make, where things are, what NOT to do yet.EMERGENCY INFO — A one-page hand-out for paramedics and hospitals. Vitals, advance directive, contacts.ESTATE & ADVISORS — Attorney, CPA, executor, financial advisor. Names, phones, file locations.FINANCIAL INVENTORY — Banks, brokerage, retirement, business interests. Where to look, not how to log in.DIGITAL ESTATE — Password manager, devices, cryptocurrency. What to memorialize, delete, or transfer.PROPERTY & BEQUESTS — Real estate, vehicles, firearms, radio gear, collections. Who gets what, with appraisers.FUNERAL WISHES — Burial or cremation. Ceremony preferences. Eulogy material. What to do if death happens abroad.DEPENDENTS & PETS — Guardians for children, caretakers for pets, support funds, agreements made in advance.WRITTEN BY AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL.The author has over 30 years of experience in first response, emergency management, and continuity planning, including continuity oversight for one of the country's busiest airports. This workbook applies the same operational discipline — checklists, contacts, playbooks — to the one continuity event every family eventually faces.DO IT ONCE. FREE THEM FOREVER.Complete the workbook. Tell two people where it is. Review it annually. Pairs with the Family Emergency Plan Workbook and Personal Preparedness Assessment Workbook from Fortune Favors the Prepared.Semper Paratus, Semper Gumby. Read more