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State Guide

What Happens If You Die Without a Will in Massachusetts: The 2026 Guide

Picture this: You die in Boston. Maybe you were in the North End, a bowl of clam chowder untouched, mid-argument about the Sox. Maybe you died during a Dunkin’ run. Doesn’t matt...

Feb 18, 20267 min read

State Guide

What Happens If You Die Without a Will in Arizona: The 2026 Guide

Picture this: You die in Phoenix. It’s July. It’s 115 degrees outside, and your family is standing in the kind of heat that makes the asphalt bubble and the steering wheel untou...

Feb 18, 20267 min read

State Guide

What Happens If You Die Without a Will in Washington: The 2026 Guide

Picture this: You die in Seattle. It’s raining. Of course it’s raining — it’s always raining in Seattle. Your family is standing outside the funeral home in the kind of drizzle ...

Feb 18, 20267 min read

State Guide

What Happens If You Die Without a Will in Virginia: The 2026 Guide

Picture this: You die in Northern Virginia. It’s a Wednesday. The Beltway is, naturally, a parking lot. Your family is trying to get to the hospital, to the funeral home, to the...

Feb 18, 20267 min read

State Guide

What Happens If You Die Without a Will in New Jersey: The 2026 Guide

Picture this: You die in New Jersey. Maybe you’re on the Turnpike (fitting). Maybe it’s a Tuesday in Hoboken and your body is still warm when your distant cousin Richie — the on...

Feb 18, 20266 min read

State Guide

What Happens If You Die Without a Will in Michigan: The 2026 Guide

Picture this: You die in January. Detroit January. Wind-chill of minus-twenty, lake-effect snow burying everything from the Midwest’s angriest cloud machine. Your family is grie...

Feb 18, 20267 min read

Getting Started

Estate Planning for Millennials and Gen Z: Yes, You Actually Need This

Statistically speaking, you’re not going to die today. But statistically speaking, 67% of millennials have no will — and at least a few of them thought the same thing the mornin...

Feb 17, 202610 min read

Getting Started

Is an Online Will Legally Valid? (Yes, If You Do It Right)

Somewhere right now, a lawyer in a mahogany-paneled office is charging $500/hr to tell you what you already could have Googled. You don’t need to be in that office. You don’t ne...

Feb 17, 20269 min read

State Guide

What Happens If You Die Without a Will in North carolina?

You’re cruising down I-40, debating whether Lexington or Eastern style BBQ is superior (it’s Eastern, fight me), when a Duke Energy truck decides your debate is over. Forever. Y...

Feb 15, 20267 min read

Comparison

Killswitch vs LegalZoom vs Rocket Lawyer vs Trust & Will

Or: How to Write Your Will Without Getting Screwed Over (While You’re Still Alive) Look, we need to talk about something nobody wants to discuss: you’re going to die. Sorry to b...

Feb 13, 202610 min read

State Guide

What Happens If You Die Without a Will in Georgia?

You’re sitting in Atlanta traffic (so, any time between 6 AM and midnight), when someone who learned to drive on Peachtree Street #47 ends your journey permanently. Your last th...

Feb 13, 20267 min read

Getting Started

What Happens If You Die Without a Will in Michigan

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Feb 11, 20261 min read

Your high score on Candy Crush isn't an estate plan, Karen.

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