Ellis Family Guides

The Peace of Mind Series

Your Free Companion Pack

for readers of Get Your Affairs in Order by Margaret K. Ellis

Everything on this page is a direct download. No sign-up, no email address, no accounts — you were promised that in the book, and here it is.

The Downloads

The Quick-Start Checklist
Every action the book asks you to take — 22 checkboxes across five phases, from tonight's first hour to your yearly rhythm. Print it, put it on the fridge.
PDF · 1 page of doing, a lifetime of peace
Your State at a Glance — 2026 Edition
All 50 states plus D.C.: small-estate limits, witness rules, handwritten-will rules, and property systems — with the statutory citation for every figure, so your attorney can check the source directly. Refreshed every year.
PDF · 51 jurisdictions · 4 data points each · with citations
The Organizer Worksheets
All 36 organizer pages from the book as a printable set — for extra copies, for your spouse, or for starting a section fresh when life changes.
PDF · 36 printable pages · sections A through I
The Yearly Estate Check-up
The complete two-hour routine — seven tasks with time budgets, plus the seven life events that shouldn't wait for Check-up Day.
PDF · 7 tasks · 2 hours once a year
15 Tools & Sites Worth Knowing
The free, official resources your family may need one day — from the life-insurance policy locator to unclaimed-property searches in every state.
PDF · 15 free & official resources

The Yearly Update List (optional — truly optional)

Estate planning numbers change every year — 2025 alone rewrote the small-estate limits in nine states. If you'd like one email a year with the refreshed state tables and a reminder for your Estate Check-up Day, you can join the update list. Nothing else, ever. The downloads above work without it.

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Every figure in the books — the funeral cost medians, the survey numbers, the tax limits — is listed with the study or agency it came from, kept current between editions. Sources & further reading

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These worksheets come from Get Your Affairs in Order — the plain-English guide to wills, trusts, digital assets and the fifty-state rules, with the organizer bound into the print editions.

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