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Clear, calm guides for the responsibilities no one teaches you — written for people in grief, not lawyers.
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After suddenly finding herself responsible for handling the estates of two of the most important people in her life — with countless forms, procedures, and responsibilities she'd never been taught — she started organizing what she learned into clear, practical guides.
What began as a way to navigate probate eventually grew into something bigger: creating resources that help people handle the kinds of responsibilities life throws at us without much warning.
Through Now What?, she creates practical guides and tools designed to make complicated processes easier to understand so people can move forward with clarity and confidence.
Steady note: You don't need to have everything figured out right now. One step at a time is enough.
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California-specific probate guidance written for executors, not attorneys. Filled with checklists, worksheets, and fill-in pages for the days when thinking clearly isn't possible.
Steady Note
This guide is for you if you've been named executor in a will, you're a family member helping manage an estate, or you're navigating probate for the first time. No prior experience needed.
Steady Note
The Core edition is the foundation. If you're in California, pair it with the California Supplement for state-specific form guidance — and save with the bundle when it's available.
The complete 78-page guide for navigating probate in any US state — checklists, worksheets, and plain-English guidance for executors. Works in all 50 states.
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Get both guides together. The Core edition gives you the universal foundation, and the California supplement adds the state-specific forms and procedures.
Estimated ~$25–30