Morningstar has a great summary of questions anyone should be able to answer in the event of a death or disability of a spouse. Tops on the list: "Whom to contact?" 'Where is everything?" and "Which assets to tap first?" If you or your spouse do not know the answers, now would not be too soon to get up to speed.

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