# The Friends and Family Module

The FIRM Guide (thefirmguide.com) — companion to The Recoverable Family.
Fill this in privately (any text editor or by hand), then store it in your Vault.


## Secure Guide Starter Template

> This template belongs in The Secure Guide, stored within The Vault. Update as relationships and arrangements change.

### Important Relationships — Context for Executor and Heirs
| Name | Relationship | Contact | Context / Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
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> Use the Notes field to record anything an executor or heir would need to know: shared history, informal arrangements, expectations, estrangements, or simply why this person matters.

### Informal Arrangements
| Person | Nature of Arrangement | Amount / Details | Status | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|   |   |   |   |   |
|   |   |   |   |   |

> Document informal financial, property, or personal arrangements outside formal legal agreements — loans made or received, ongoing arrangements about property or belongings, promises that should be honored or that the estate should know about.

### Intentional Exclusions — Context for Executor
| Name | Relationship | Context |
| --- | --- | --- |
|   |   |   |

> This field is for executor context only — the legal treatment of exclusions belongs in the estate documents.

### Notification Priority List
| Name | Relationship | Contact | Notify By | Priority |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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## Family Guide Starter Template

> This template belongs in The Family Guide. It lists who to notify beyond immediate family and offers orientation to the family's relational context.

### People to Notify
| Name | Relationship | Phone / Email | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|   |   |   |   |
|   |   |   |   |

### About Our Extended Family



### A Note on Relationships