Have a will, and life insurance, and specify what should happen to all the STUFF. Jimmy gets the credenza, Esther gets the statue of the poodle, etc. People fight over the stupidest stuff at stressful times.
Yeah, when my parents died they left everything 50-50 to my brother and me. Luckily we get along really well so there was no problem splitting their things. Our lawyer told us some horror stories, though.
Completely tax free and we got the payout in 40 days. We are completely stunned, we have over a million dollars in our bank account, right now and a 1.2 million condo in escrow! I say that here cuz you don't know me, we can't tell anyone we know.