Solo and Sure Blog https://soloandsure.com/blog/ Plain, checked guides for people who don't have family to call. en Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400 Who Is Legally Responsible for Funeral Costs With No Family? https://soloandsure.com/blog/who-pays-for-funeral/ Usually the estate pays first, then whoever signed the contract, then the county or province. What changes with no spouse or kids, in the US and Canada. Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400 https://soloandsure.com/blog/who-pays-for-funeral/ What Happens If No One Claims a Body, and How to Prevent It https://soloandsure.com/blog/unclaimed-body/ The county or province holds the body, searches for kin, then buries or cremates at public cost. What happens, and how to name someone so it is not you. Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400 https://soloandsure.com/blog/unclaimed-body/ Unattended Death: What Happens Next and Who Pays the Cleanup https://soloandsure.com/blog/unattended-death/ The coroner takes the body, not the cleanup bill. Who pays after an unattended death when you live alone, what insurance covers, and how to be found fast. Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400 https://soloandsure.com/blog/unattended-death/ Right of Disposition by State: Who Decides Your Funeral https://soloandsure.com/blog/right-of-disposition/ Who has the right of disposition in each state, how to name a friend instead of next of kin, whether your agent pays, the deadline to act, and the form. Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400 https://soloandsure.com/blog/right-of-disposition/ Prepaid Funeral Plans: Who Tells the Funeral Home You Died? https://soloandsure.com/blog/prepaid-funeral-plans/ Trust or insurance, what moves with you, what happens if the home closes, and how to make sure someone tells the provider you died. US and Canada. Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400 https://soloandsure.com/blog/prepaid-funeral-plans/ Funeral Planning Checklist When You Have No Family https://soloandsure.com/blog/funeral-planning-checklist/ A funeral planning checklist for people with no spouse or kids: who has the legal say, who pays, who finds out first, and who takes the ashes. Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400 https://soloandsure.com/blog/funeral-planning-checklist/ What Is a Funeral Agent? The Job You'd Ask a Friend to Do https://soloandsure.com/blog/funeral-agent/ A funeral agent is the person you name to decide what happens to your body. What they sign, when they may owe the bill, and why you need a backup. Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400 https://soloandsure.com/blog/funeral-agent/ Can a Friend Claim a Dead Body When There's No Family? https://soloandsure.com/blog/friend-claim-body/ By default a friend ranks low or not at all. Naming them on a state funeral agent form, or as executor in Canada, can put them first. Who pays, too. Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400 https://soloandsure.com/blog/friend-claim-body/