Your Partner in Law, Rick Gregorek along with Ted Hanson discuss what you should do when a loved one passes away.  Confusion is ever present and your actions depend on the type of planning or lack of planning the decedent did during their lifetime.  There are separate rules for dying without a Will (intestacy), dying with a Will (testacy) or using a revocable living trust.  In addition to these various means to have an estate plan you must also be cognizant of how title (ownership) is held between two or more individuals or entities.  Certain titling will derail even the best prepared estate plans.  My most frequently stated law intervenes:  The Law of Unintended Consequences, a corollary to Murphy's Law - you know -what ever can go wrong does.  Don't get trapped, proper estate planning is the answer.  Gregorek and Associates, PLLC offers free estate and elder law consultations as well as our exclusive Life Plan Organizer for the asking.