Bank accounts with named beneficiaries transfer directly to those people with just a death certificate and ID. Joint accounts with survivorship rights automatically belong to the surviving owner.

Upwards of 3 million people die every year in the United States. As a funeral director who heads a university mortuary science program, I can tell you that while each individual’s life experiences are ...

Many of us have not been offered guidance on one of the most universal — and most avoided — topics: grief. A simple truth that often gets overlooked is that grief is natural, it requires presence and ...