Hidden Estate Assets: Find ’em and Claim ‘em

On a more “practical” note than usual, I’m going to talk about recurring subscription charges, and what to do with them if someone you know dies. Whenever I’m hired to assist in executor duties for an estate, I get to work looking for these “hidden assets” because chances are the deceased may have “invested” money in some overlooked places that renew automatically.

If these recurring expenses are paid from an open bank account or to a shared credit card, companies will continue to charge those orders. If the account was already closed after the person’s…