The Large Print Final Affairs Organizer for Couples

Two lives, one book - in print you can actually read.

Most couples keep half the answers each. One of you knows the bank, the other knows the insurance, and neither of you has ever written any of it down. If something happens to one of you, the other spends weeks reconstructing it. If something happens to both, your children start from nothing.

This is the large print edition of The American Final Affairs Organizer for Couples. Every prompt and instruction is set in 16-point type, with extra-wide writing lines and one clear column per page - so filling it in is comfortable, and reading it later is easy for everyone in the family.

Separate pages for each of you, shared pages for what you own together

The personal sections run twice, once for each of you, with a name bar at the top of every page so there is never any doubt whose entry is whose. Shared pages - accounts, property, bills - have a simple box to mark whose it is: partner one, partner two, or both.

Twelve printed tabs, findable with the book closed

Each section has a tab printed on the edge of the page at a different height. Close the book and you can see all twelve. Nothing to assemble, no stickers, no dividers to buy.

Written for the United States

Social Security and Medicare. Medicaid. 401(k) and IRA beneficiaries. VA benefits and the DD-214 that unlocks them. The state DMV for vehicle titles. The three credit bureaus. Real phone numbers for Social Security and the VA, right where your family will need them.

What is inside

• Start Here. Where this book is kept, who knows about it, and the five calls to make first.
• About Me. Twice. Identity, family, military service, work history.
• People to Contact. The professionals who hold your paperwork, and everyone to notify.
• Documents and Where They Are. Not the documents - the map to them.
• Money and Accounts. Banks, retirement, pensions, investments, debts, credit cards.
• Insurance and Benefits. Life, Medicare, long-term care, property, VA and employer benefits.
• Property and Vehicles. Deeds, titles, safes, and who should have what.
• Bills and Subscriptions. What must keep being paid, and what to cancel.
• Digital Accounts. Email first, then everything else.
• Health and Care Wishes. Twice. Your health care agent, directives and what matters most.
• My Funeral or Memorial. Twice. Service, music, readings, obituary notes.
• For My Family. Checklists for the first days and months, and pages to write to the people you love.

A deliberate omission

There is no place in this book to write a password. A notebook that lists a bank login beside an account number is a gift to anyone who finds it. This book records which accounts exist and where the password list or password manager can be found - which is what a family actually needs, and far safer.

8.5 by 11 inches, 126 pages, matte cover. A thoughtful gift for parents, grandparents, or the two of you.

An organizer, not a legal document. It does not create or replace a will, a trust, or an advance directive. For those, see a licensed attorney in your state.