{"product_id":"the-first-hour-john-m-peterson-9798185955031","title":"The First Hour: What Comes Next","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe funeral is over. Everyone has gone home. And now you are alone with everything no one warned you about.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first book was about the first hour - what to do the moment the worst happens. This is the guide for everything after: probate court, the insurance company, the benefits office, the attorneys, and the long, uneven road of grief that does not end when the casseroles stop coming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen someone you love dies - especially suddenly or violently - you are handed a second job you never applied for. Estates and probate. Life insurance claims that stall or get denied. Debts collectors insist you owe, when you usually do not. Income that disappears when you are too broken to work. Crime victims compensation. Criminal courts and civil lawsuits. And, when the death was a homicide or came at the hands of those who were supposed to protect your loved one, a legal system that was never built around you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book walks through all of it in plain language, in the order it actually comes at you - including the deadlines that are short, unforgiving, and can quietly end your rights before you knew they existed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow estates and probate really work, and the one move that protects you\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFiling and fighting life insurance claims when they stall or deny\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinancial recovery: accounts, debts, and what you truly owe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBenefits and protections for when you cannot work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrime victims compensation, and claiming every dollar set aside for you\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour rights in the criminal case, and how civil and wrongful-death claims work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuing the government: wrongful death, qualified immunity, and the traps that shrink what you can recover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrief beyond the funeral, helping grieving children, and rebuilding a life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendices on special-needs trusts, blended-family estates, taxes and real estate, and protecting a loved one's name, image, and digital life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is not legal advice, and it never pretends to be. It is the map a grieving family can actually follow, and the push to get real help before the clock runs out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by a father who needed this book, could not find it, and wrote it in memory of his son - for every family left to figure out what comes next alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John M. Peterson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798185955031\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d","brand":"John M. Peterson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997933056255,"sku":"9798185955031","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-first-hour-john-m-peterson-9798185955031","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}