About A Death in Your Family

This wikibook from People's Law School is for people who want to know more about:

• what to do first when a family member dies,
• making funeral arrangements, and
• where to find support.

Acknowledgements

• Legal review: Helen Low, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin.
• Plain language writer: Gayla Reid.
• Publications coordinator: Terresa Augustine.
• Page layout and design: Elena Renderos.

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In law, to formally deliver documents to a person in a manner that complies with the rules of court. Service may be ordinary (mailed or delivered to a litigant's address for service), personal (hand-delivered to a person), or substituted (performed in a way other than the rules normally require). See "address for delivery," "ordinary service," "personal service" and "substituted service."