"My Parents Are Dead: What Now?" is a darkly funny guide to navigating grief and the paperwork that follows.
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"My Parents Are Dead: What Now?" is a darkly funny guide to navigating grief and the paperwork that follows
Published
March 24, 2026 1:10PM (EDT)
A woman grieving her parents (Justin Paget/Getty Images)
Advice for survivors on everything from state inheritance and estate taxes, to inherited IRAs, to sorting through a lifetime of…
A guide to disposing of all the things your parents accumulated over a lifetime. Plus, 10 tips for organizing your own stuff to…
I thought the ceremony, at my mother’s cottage, would pass without a hitch. I don’t think she’d have been impressed by what…
The death of a parent is one of life's oldest certainties. Yet for many millennials and Gen Z adults, it is an all-consuming…
Make sure to keep good records and, in the search for assets, don’t overlook debts and other liabilities
I expected grief to look one way. Instead, parenting, moving, and everyday life forced me to grieve in ways I never anticipated.
