How assets get lost after death and what to do
From The Death Readiness Podcast: Not your dad’s estate planning podcast by Jill Mastroianni - Estate Planning & Probate Attorney/Lawyer for Women
April 14, 2026 · 13 min · Episode 74
About this episode
Jill discusses the challenges families face in tracking down assets after death and the importance of organization in estate planning.
When someone dies, there’s no master list of what they owned and no automatic system that pulls it all together. In this episode, Jill walks through what actually happens when families try to track down assets, why unclaimed property isn’t the safety net people think it is, and how a lack of organization can turn estate administration into a frustrating, years-long scavenger hunt. This is where estate planning meets real life and where most plans break down.
People in this episode
Host: Jill Mastroianni
Topics covered
- estate planning
- asset management
- unclaimed property
- family dynamics
- organization
- estate administration
Keywords
- assets
- death
- estate planning
- unclaimed property
- organization
- administration
- scavenger hunt
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