by Amanda Singleton, AARP
My mother kept a little black book. Not the fun kind filled with suitors’ phone numbers; rather, a binder that contained her accounts, passwords and ongoing bills. When an out-of-the-blue...
There was a time when you didn’t worry much about your email account, or the website you bought years ago, or your usernames and passwords for various financial and other accounts.
But now you do....
Many estate planners have a plan for who will receive their house, family heirlooms, and monetary assets, but many don't consider what will happen to their digital assets. In our tech-savvy society, assets can be as valuable and lucrative as traditional assets, such as homes and property.
Digital assets...
I would like to tell you an all-too-familiar...
You can direct what happens to those digital assets, even if it means destroying them.
Almost everyone has digital assets in today’s world and it is important to protect access to them in your estate plan, according to the Valdosta...
Instagram messages create challenges for French court.
French entertainer Johnny Hallyday, who died in 2017, left behind testaments and Instagram messages causing some major court issues, according to The New York Times in “French Rock Star’s Instagram Defeats His Widow in...
In today’s world it is not at all unusually to have a blended family.
Blended families often face special challenges when it comes to estate planning. Those issues are best approached openly, according to JD Supra in “Seven Estate Planning Considerations...
Your family will most likely face some tough times, if you don’t make a plan.
It doesn’t matter which generation you belong to, when it comes to estate planning. If you pass away without an estate plan, it is...
Protection for you and your heirs is important.
When a spouse passes away, it is likely to be difficult to concentrate. However, it is important to focus on the needs of the surviving spouse, according to The Legal Intelligencer’s article “Estate...
Digital could remain forever, unless action is taken.
The digital world has created many new issues which have an impact on almost everyone in today’s world. Unlike your other assets, digital isn’t a tangible item and could exist forever,...
