Estatey Blog
Practical guidance on estate planning and getting your records in order.
Your Password Manager Is Not an Estate Plan
Password managers solve access. They do not solve discovery, authority, or instruction. Here is the gap, and how to configure yours so it does not become a locked box.
How to Bring This Up With Your Parents Without Sounding Like You're After the Money
The conversation most adult children avoid, why the usual openings fail, and four approaches that actually get somewhere.
One in Four Life Insurance Policies Is Never Claimed. Here's Why.
Life insurance does not pay automatically. Someone has to file a claim, and a striking share of policies are never claimed because nobody knew they existed.
If You Died Tonight, Could Your Spouse Find the Mortgage?
Twelve questions that reveal whether your family could actually manage without you. Most people fail. Failing is useful.
He Paid Every Bill in the House. Then He Died.
In most households one person handles the money. When that person dies first, the survivor inherits a system they have never seen. Here is how to fix it before it matters.
Where Your Estatey Data Actually Lives (And Why It Isn't on Our Servers)
Estatey does not store your financial records. They live in your own Google Drive. Here is what that means, in plain terms, and what it costs you.
What Goes in a Death File: The 23 Things Your Family Looks For First
A practical checklist of what belongs in the file your family will open first, grouped by what they will need in the first week, the first month, and eventually.
Your Will Says Who Gets It. It Doesn't Say Where It Is.
A will is a distribution instrument, not a map. It names who inherits what, but it almost never tells your family where anything actually is.