Re: Not just death access
About three years ago my wife pestered me into documenting the household processes I normally handled (tax preparation, property taxes, utilities, etc) as she was concerned that she would be totally unaware of how to handle things should I die before her. I decided to take it a step further and try and document everything involving the household and finances both for her benefit and my daughters in the event both my wife and I died (we're in our seventies). It turned out to be a major project (and still is as one has to keep updating details). We keep almost all of our information electronically on our computers and Dropbox so access to it is a major pre-requisite. Access to many of the websites uses 2FA - tied to my phone - so including my wife's phone and my daughters (where possible) as an alternate was necessary. Apart from the obvious information on finances (bank accounts, credit cards, etc.) there are details on sources of income, inventory of household items for insurance purposes and the various insurance policies, details on the upgrades and renovations on the house, location of wills, power of attorney, living trust, and location of BMD certificates and historical family information. The list can seem to go on for ever but I'm hoping that if and when my wife and/or daughter have to handle my/our affairs it will be much easier than if there was no roadmap.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
