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Engine life eventdeath_of_family_member

Death of a Family Member

Coordinates survivor benefits, vital records, estate processing, and benefit recalculations.

4 coordinated steps · domains: benefits · veterans · tax · healthcare

Richer walkthrough available

This event also has a scripted multi-agency story with agent narrative.

Workflow steps

Generated from @govos/life-events — the same definitions the cascade coordinator and task fan-out use.

  1. 1

    benefits-survivor-claim

    File survivor benefits with Social Security.

    benefitscriticalHuman review
  2. 2

    va-survivor-benefits

    File VA Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (if applicable).

    veteranshighHuman review
  3. 3

    tax-filing-status-update

    Update filing status and estate tax obligations.

    taxstandard
  4. 4

    healthcare-coverage-update

    Update household healthcare coverage.

    healthcarestandard

Resident action

Signed-in residents can fire this event from the life-event form; the coordinator fans out domain tasks.

Staff action

Steps marked human review land in the operator case queue with SLA aging.