When a Loved One Dies: Legal and Financial Concerns
(Separate Website)
Information about legal and financial things you should think about when a loved one dies: the immediate steps, administrative details, probate and executor duties, and tax basics.
By: USAA Educational Foundation (USAA)
A Guide for Your Survivors
(Separate Website)
This guide is designed to help you record important personal and financial information that your survivors will need upon your death.
By: USAA Educational Foundation (USAA)
Thinking the Unthinkable: What Everybody Needs to Know About Estate Planning
(Separate Website)
Information about how to plan for passing your assets on to your family or friends.
By: Financial Planning Association (FPA)
Probate
(Separate Website)
An introduction to the process of settling an estate, with or without a will, after a person dies.
By: Montana State University Extension
WILLS
Wills This article describes what a will is and defines important estate planning terms.
By: Montana State University Extension
Wills and Probate
(Separate Website)
Information about wills and probate.
By: State Bar of Montana
Who Gets Grandma's Yellow Pie Plate? Transferring Non-Titled Property
(Separate Website)
Information about how to deal with transferring things like photographs and family heirlooms.
By: Montana State University Extension Service (MSU Extension)
Dying Without a Will in Montana: Who Receives Your Property? Information about how your property will pass to family and friends if you die without a will in Montana.
By: Montana State University Extension Service (MSU Extension)
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