by Christine | Jan 7, 2016 | Digital Estate Planning |
In the past, family members had to dig through paper files and cluttered desks and hope that they would find necessary documents to handle end-of-life matters for loved ones. Today documents and information can be centralized in online vaults, but proper planning and...
by Christine | Dec 4, 2015 | Digital Assets, Digital Estate Planning |
If you participate in social media, store photos in the cloud or have a blog, you have digital assets. Just as you plan for distribution of property and assets in an estate plan, today it is wise to plan for your digital assets as well. Today’s millennials understand...
by Christine | Sep 4, 2015 | Digital Assets, Digital Estate Planning, Estate Planning |
Facebook offers a feature that will allow a designated person to have increased access to a Facebook account when its owner passes away. Facebook realizes there is a growing need to support those who are grieving the loss of a loved one and those who want a say in...
by Christine | Jul 6, 2015 | Asset Protection, Digital Assets, Digital Estate Planning |
Portland attorney Victoria Blachly said people can avoid the personal, financial and in some cases legal headaches that come with losing access to their online accounts by creating a Virtual Asset Instruction Letter where they list their online accounts, the passwords...
by Christine | Jun 17, 2015 | Asset Protection, Digital Assets, Digital Estate Planning, Estate Planning, Estates, Trusts, Wills |
Roos said it’s important that people plan ahead and put “someone in charge of these digital assets and giving the family the opportunity to take over accounts if something were to happen, so they can control the information so it doesn’t get into the wrong hands.”...
by Christine | Jun 10, 2015 | Digital Assets, Digital Estate Planning, Estate Planning |
“‘Do you have any important business online?’ That is now just as important of a conversation as asking somebody their health care preferences in a life-threatening situation.” Leaving your digital accounts out of your estate plan can prove to be a big, bad mistake....