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    Posted on April 12th, 2010

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    My Ex is Dead: What do I Tell My Son?

    Dear Judy,
    My ex-husband died a week ago of a massive coronary. I am frankly not shedding tears, but my 13-year-old son is. And I don’t know what to do.
    To put it in its starkest terms: My former husband died in a hotel room with 2 prostitutes and some cocaine. I got all this from the [...]

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    Posted on July 1st, 2009

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    Dead Abroad: Do I Have To Foot the Bill?

    Dear Judy,
    I travel a lot on business for a hedge fund company (yes, I know. No jokes please). Almost 3 months ago, one of our partners collapsed and died practically right away. Massive coronary.
    We were in Hong Kong. There was lots of red tape. I got the body embalmed, paid for that, the coffin (the [...]

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    Posted on February 2nd, 2009

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    My Late No-Account Accountant!

    Dear Judy,
    I really don’t know how to avoid causing a ruckus. Maybe you can help.
    Recently our family CPA died of a major heart attack. He wasn’t that old and he frankly wasn’t that good. I’m a freelance writer and what our accountant didn’t know about tax deductions in my line of work could fill volumes.
    The [...]