This isn't about consumer debt, exactly, but it should be part of everyone's planning.

The creator of this website lost her husband in a car accident. They didn't have wills. She didn't know if he had life insurance. She didn't know how to access his email so she could inform his friends. She didn't know account numbers, or where financial information was located.

In order to help others avoid going through what she went through, she's created a website listing the kind of information people should have.

The article:

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/tragic-death-prompts-unique-f...

And her site:

http://getyourshittogether.org/

Nancy