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What would the people you love need to know if illness, incapacity or death suddenly left them to manage without you?

When Kevin Laban was initially diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and told he might have only three months to live, his first instinct was to fight. His next was to protect his wife from the confusion and pressure she would face if he did not survive. He understood the family finances, property and gaming-machine businesses; she would have been left to work it all out while grieving.

He began creating a clear handover plan: who to contact, what needed immediate attention, where important information was held and which decisions could wait. His diagnosis was later changed to non-Hodgkin lymphoma, but the experience permanently changed how the couple shared responsibility and planned their future.

Part personal story and part practical guide, If Something Happens to Me helps readers create their own handover map without pretending to replace professional legal or financial advice. It is an act of preparation, reassurance and love for anyone whose partner or family depends on knowledge that currently lives in one person’s head.