If you or a family member is a veteran, you may be eligible for burial in a military cemetery, either national, state, tribal, or local, or even Arlington National Cemetery. Find out what burial options are available to you here.

We’ve written instructions for how to deal with a variety of different situations, including medical malpractice, immigration, and crime victims’ compensation.

Here are the first and most important tasks to complete in the wake of a spouse’s passing.

This guide gives you instructions and inspiration to create a virtual event (wake, shiva, funeral reception, celebration of life, etc.), giving you the opportunity to memorialize your loved one and on-demand help along the way.

Here are five key steps to ensure the process runs more smoothly and that major mistakes are avoided.

9 in 10 people want their online presence removed after they pass. We offer a service where you can fill out a 5-minute form to remove upsetting content from the internet and to prevent thieves from stealing your loved one's identity. 

It takes an average of 500 hours over up to two years to wrap up the average estate. And when it is your spouse, you have to face the additional toll of having lost a life partner, often in the face of insensitive questions.

If you are a retired veteran or receive an annuity, upon notification of death, DFAS will stop monthly payments to prevent overpayment. Depending on your plan, this may also initiate the process for survivor benefits.

A Presidential Memorial Certificate (PMC) is an engraved paper certificate signed by the current president.

Usually, funeral home bills are the second thing that you are required to pay from the estate. If there isn't enough money, the funeral home may make you agree to pay it yourself.

Veterans burial allowances can help cover burial, funeral, the plot or interment, and transportation of the remains. You have up to two years to apply for these benefits.

Report the death to the VA, in order to get an automatic burial payment and have them guide you through other steps and survivor benefits. You can call 1-800-827-1000.

Burial flags are provided for veterans and reservists at no cost.

Alkaline hydrolysis disposes of remains using lye and heat. It is only available in some states.

You can donate a body to a university near you to further scientific studies essential to learning and research.

Cremation is where a body is turned into ash by being burned at a very high temperature. You can do either cremation with a viewing or direct cremation. Then, you have many options for what to do with the ashes: leave them in your home, bury them, put them in a cemetery, bury or scatter them in a favorite spot.

If the deceased person didn't make plans, you have many options for what to do with the body. Each option has different costs and is associated with different traditions.

There are several options for burials: (1) Full-service funeral with burial, (2) direct burial, (3) green, natural, or “neo-traditional” burial, or (4) home funeral.

This may be required if the death is unexpected, traumatic, suspicious, or the cause of death is unknown.

A tribute on social media can let an extended group of friends, family, and acquaintances know about the death. This is recommended after you have already let close family members and friends know in person or over the phone.

Deceased veterans with no next-of-kin and insufficient resources available for VA National Cemetery burial may have earned the reimbursement of a casket or urn. You can be reimbursed the actual cost up to the maximum 2015 rate of $1,967 for a casket and $172 for an urn.

Many people pre-plan funerals, burials, cremation, or donation to science. If this is the case, you can find documents and arrange for the right organization to pick up the body.

You have three options - bring the body home for a funeral, have a funeral where the death occurred, and get the body cremated where the death occurred and then ship the remains home

In 2020, more than half of all Americans chose ash cremation over traditional casket burials. By 2040, the National Funeral Directors Association predicts nearly 80% of all Americans will choose to be cremated. With the rising trend of ash cremation, here is what you should know:

I still remember each day we were in mourning, and the emotions I felt when we buried my grandfather’s ashes, a sign that grieving the loss of a loved one is universal rather than inhibited by cultural barriers.

With all the pressure to be heartfelt yet eloquent, here are some helpful tips on what you should and should not include when writing a eulogy.

This article describes four unique alternatives to traditionally burying your loved one after they pass.

Here you will find several suggestions and tips to help you find music that resonates with your family and memorializes your late loved one.

After someone has passed, figuring out what to do with their social media accounts can be difficult. Here is a guide on how to turn a Facebook account into a memorial page that both protects a loved one’s identity and honors their memory.

Find out how different methods of handling the body of a deceased loved one compare according to things such as cost, sustainability, and cultural sensitivity.

Specifics of a green burial vary widely, but they often require fewer resources for the body's care and skip steps normally seen in a traditional funeral, making them better for the environment.

It is important to recognize that the amount of money you spend on a funeral does not correlate to the amount you care for your loved one. One can hold a meaningful memorial without going into debt.

Posting about illness or death is sure to be one the most difficult updates to make on social media. We hope these tips will help you feel empowered to post in a way that honors and respects those whom you are writing about.

Ultimately, ghosting is a preventable crime. Follow these steps to ensure your loved one’s identity and assets are protected from theft.