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AARP Article: Prepare a Digital Estate Plan for Future Caregivers

Posted on March 1, 2021
How to provide the information they’ll need to manage your online data

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...

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USA Today Article: Don’t leave grieving relatives searching for your passwords

Posted on December 3, 2020
Here's how to organize your digital life before you die

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....

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Do You Own Digital Assets? Here’s How to Protect Them with an Estate Plan

Posted on March 3, 2020

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...

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To die well, we must talk about death before the end of life

Posted on October 31, 2019
An electronic patients chart is shown on the wall to a hospital room at the newly constructed Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center hospital in San Diego, California April 17, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake - RC1740CA8030

I would like to tell you an all-too-familiar...

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Don’t Forget Digital Assets, when Estate Planning

Posted on August 8, 2019

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...

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Legal Battles Continue over Singer’s Estate

Posted on July 25, 2019

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...

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Second-Marriage Couples Face Estate Planning Challenges

Posted on February 13, 2019

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...

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Even Millennials Need to Plan for Retirement

Posted on January 24, 2019

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...

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What are the Legal Steps when a Spouse Passes Away?

Posted on November 19, 2018

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...

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What Should Be on Digital Files and How Long Should they be Saved?

Posted on November 14, 2018

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,...

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      • The Difference Between Executor, Trustee & Guardian
      • Naming a Guardian for Your Child
      • SECURE Act & Estate Planning
      • Special Needs Trusts
      • Virtual Estate Planning
      • What Is the Silver Tsunami?
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      • Importance of Updating Beneficiaries
      • Challenges with Assigning Beneficiaries
      • What the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Taught Us About Estate Planning
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      • Talking To Your Parents About Estate Planning
      • Funeral Planning Guide (Off-Site)
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