About A Death in Your Family

The People's Law School

The People's Law School is a non-profit society whose purpose is to provide British Columbians with reliable information about their rights and responsibilities under the law.

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900 Howe Street

Vancouver, BC

V6Z 2M4

Tel 604.331.5400

Fax 604.331.5401

This booklet and others are available on the People's Law School Website.

www.publiclegaled.bc.ca

Thanks

The People's Law School is grateful for support from the following sources.

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• Law Foundation of BC
• Notary Foundation of BC
• Department of Justice Canada
• Heritage Canada
• Province of BC
• Attorney General of BC
• City of Vancouver
• National Crime Prevention Centre
• Private Donors

Acknowledgements

We thank the Notary Foundation for their generous financial support of this booklet.

Advisory Committee: Laurie Salvador, Notary Public and a Governor of the Notary Foundation; Jo-Ann Turner, President, BC Bereavement Helpline; and Janet Ricciuti, Executive Director, Funeral Service Association of BC, who all provided invaluable assistance in helping us develop this booklet

We also thank the Public Legal Education Association of Saskatchewan for permitting us to use their booklet on the same topic as a resource.

Coordinator: Gordon McLeod Hardy

Writer and Researcher: Gayla Reid

Illustrations: Barb Wood Graphics

Editors: Bernice DeWitt and Val Wilson

Reviewers: Helen Low, Lawyer, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, and Laurie Salvador, Notary Public