Are Online Do It Yourself Documents Safe?
Be very careful when doing online do it yourself documents just because you have a document that is legally valid it may not work at all places so examples such as hospitals, banks or a judge in court.
Digital Assets as Part of Estate Planning
With people increasingly living their lives online, digital assets are quickly becoming a substantial component of many people’s assets. Most people assume that Internet users skew toward younger demographics. While this is true for platforms such as Instagram and Twitter, older Americans have quickly caught up with their younger counterparts on other social sites. […]
Facebook’s Legacy Contact
by Charles W. Brown Jr. Good news! Thanks to a recent policy change, you can now update your Facebook page after you pass away. Well, to be more accurate, you can select someone to update your page after you pass. In response to a high number of requests, Facebook has created the option to allow […]
Who Owns Digital Assets?
These days, most of us have our music, movies and books on our computers or our phones. But what will happen to these collections once the owner dies? You may want your heirs to have these collections, but it isn’t that easy to pass them along since there are no physical copies. User agreements with […]
9 Ways To Make Things Easier For Your Survivors
When you die, somebody is going to have to settle your financial affairs. It isn’t an easy job. So why not make it easier for that person or persons? Here are nine things you should do to make it easier for your survivors to settle up your affairs, according to an article on the Huffington […]
Don’t Take Your Passwords and Assets to the Grave
So you’ve seen a trusted estate planning attorney and created your estate plan. Then you shared your relevant estate planning choices with your family. Now what? Now it is time to get organized. In this digital age, it is not unusual for executors or personal representatives to be forced to hire computer forensic […]
