How to organize your life after death

The topic of death is a taboo, they say about the dead either well or not at all. Unfortunately, this does not only apply to conversations. Few act by thinking that humans are mortal and sometimes suddenly mortal. On the one hand, it will hardly matter to you. On the other hand, not everyone wants to throw problems with relatives and friends.

In many countries, a person can dispose of themselves well after death. For example, open one account for the whole family so that sudden death does not block household access to money, or write in advance a refusal to resuscitate in case of terminal conditions, so as not to lie in the hospital with a vegetable. This is not available in Russia, but there are other ways to leave beautifully.

Dispose of property

A will is the only way to dispose of your property, your remains, and in general everything that you have now. After the death of a person, it is this paper that becomes decisive.

If it is not there, your relatives will have to understand the peculiarities of inheritance legislation and face the funeral business. In any case, business will not do without the latter, but it is better to leave clear instructions for confused and depressed loved ones.

Lifehacker has already written in detail about the will. Read it, be aware and go to the notary if you have anything to lose.

Leave money for a funeral

Our grandmothers are accustomed to putting money in a jar, but they can just as well be stored in a bank. The heirs can take them before the expiration of six months (this is the period after which the right to use the rest of the inheritance appears).

In order to receive money for the funeral from the bank, you must submit the corresponding order of the notary. The bank will issue up to 100,000 rubles.

So that the heirs do not get lost and do not think about where to get the funds, do not forget to tell them about this opportunity. For example, when you open a deposit, at any time you can draw up a testamentary disposition, in which you indicate to whom the money will be transferred. Such a paper is signed directly at the bank and works in the same way as a will. Give one copy to the heirs so that they do not have to wait long and raise money.

Mikhail Alekhin General Director of the "War Memorial Company"

There are two fairly simple ways to plan and pay for your future funeral yourself. In Russia, this is not yet a very common practice, but in Europe and the States, both methods have been quite popular for several decades.

The first way is to conclude a lifetime contract for the provision of funeral services. The person himself chooses the ritual company, determines the list and cost of the necessary services and pays for them in advance. When he passes away, all the relatives need to do is call the very company.

An alternative is ritual insurance. A person does not pay for all services at once, but makes contributions, and in case of death, the funeral company will provide services for the sum insured.

Leave directions for the funeral

It is fundamentally important for someone how he will be buried, for various reasons - from religious to the usual "it wanted to". If you know that relatives do not share your views on burial, ceremonies, commemoration and everything related to this, describe in your will what and how to do. Naturally, your wishes must comply with the laws.

To comply with your instructions, appoint an executor of the will. It is this person who will see if everything goes according to your will. Choose a person with strong nerves who will not lose heart from loss and will be able to withstand the onslaught of relatives.

Order cremation

You can be cremated even if there is no crematorium nearby: the body is transported to the nearest one. The will is prescribed in the will, and if the executor of the will has a certificate of embalming, that your body does not pose an epidemiological danger (issued to the SES), then the question only comes down to money. Funeral services are involved in transporting bodies to other cities, this can be done by plane or by train.

But you cannot scatter the ashes over your favorite field or put it on a shelf. The remains should be buried in a specially designated place - in a cemetery or in a columbarium.

Buy a place in the cemetery

It is impossible to purchase a grave in advance: according to the law, land for burial is not sold as property, but is provided for unlimited use. The only way to reduce the hassle of finding a place a little is to reserve land for a family burial. How much it will cost, what size the plot is given for such needs, how the registration procedure will take place and whether it will be possible to do it at all depends on the region. Everywhere has its own rules.

Appoint a guardian for the child

An urgent question for parents. If something happens to you, who will be responsible for the child?

Nikolay Mikhailov Family lawyer, owner of the mikhailov.io blog

Sometimes parents are unable to fulfill their parenting responsibilities. It's not just about death. For example, people ended up in the hospital or went on a long business trip.

Usually, in such cases, the child remains with the grandparents or other close relatives. But they are not legal representatives of the child, they have no right to protect his interests.

The legislation gives parents the right to indicate a specific person who they want to see as a guardian for their child, in the event that they cannot perform parental functions (Article 13 of the Federal Law "On Guardianship and Guardianship"). To use this right, you need to submit an application to the guardianship and guardianship authority.

It is worth noting that guardianship may refuse to appoint a specific guardian to parents if the candidate does not meet the requirements of the law, namely Article 146 of the Family Code of the Russian Federation.

Guardianship cannot be imposed by order. Without the consent of the future guardian, the document means nothing. But, if you want to be sure that your children will not be left by relatives or friends, offer them to become such a guardian "just in case."

Have a baby after death

Postmortem reproduction is an opportunity to perform an IVF procedure using cells from a person who has already died. Both male and female cells can be frozen and stored in a jar to be used for in vitro fertilization. Including when you are no longer there.

For storage and use of cells, you need to contact specialized clinics. This is not cheap, and besides, the legislation on this matter is a complete mess (that is, it is almost not regulated by anything). So if you want your genes to be able to live without you, write papers. Leave consent to the use of germ cells after death at the bank, indicate this in the will.

Become an organ donor

Our organs are a valuable resource, although not everyone agrees to give them away alive. However, by default, all of us are considered organ donors. If you do not want to give the body for spare parts after death, you will have to declare this in a free form. Verbal disagreement is enough. However, when it came to the organs, there was no time for statements. But relatives, legal representatives can refuse for you.

If you do not want to transfer such a decision into the hands of relatives, indicate your will in the will, and let the executor broadcast it,or issue a power of attorney to represent your interests in a medical institution (if you agree to delegate the right to make important decisions to someone).

Delete social media accounts and transfer passwords

Relatives or friends can delete the page of the deceased if they send a death certificate of its owner to technical support. And if, of course, it is clear from the page whose page it was.

In the Facebook security settings, you can specify a custodian - a person who will partially transfer control of the profile after the death of the user. Google proposes to leave a digital will.

For the rest, it is not yet clear how to treat a person's accounts - as property or personal information, whether to transfer the rights to pages to heirs, and so on. It is most reliable to indicate this in the will, if you care about what will become of your data.