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Estate Planning is a process where individuals prepare or plan for the settlement of their personal affairs in the event of incapacitation or death. Estate plans typically include provisions relating to the disposition of assets, guardianship of minor children, and appointment of representatives to make medical and financial decisions. Effective estate planning can decrease tax liability and facilitate the probate process. less -

Navigating a Loved One’s Digital Life After They Pass

Warner Norcross + Judd on 8/20/2025

We all expect to feel grief and sadness after the loss of a loved one. What many people don’t anticipate is the sudden burden of administrative tasks that follow death, from bills to be paid and accounts to be closed. In the...more

A Primer on Pennsylvania’s Digital Assets Act

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC on 5/6/2022

“What’s that password again? Where did I write these log-ins down again? Was it this password or the one I came up with three years ago?” Consider the daily frustrations we encounter with the bevy of passwords we need for...more

Privacy Perils: The Untimely Death of Digital Data

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 5/1/2017

Many people have thoughtfully gathered information on the location of their bank accounts, deeds, lock boxes, safe combination, car title (and keys), investment accounts, check books, and other assets to make handling their...more

What Happens to your "Social Media" and other "Digital" Life when you Die?

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 1/11/2017

Over the holidays, it’s likely that you or a loved one received some type of computer or device that connects to internet websites, e-mail and applications. Or that pictures were taken and stored on such a device, or that...more

New Law Deals With Digital Assets After Death

Snell & Wilmer on 9/20/2016

In an article earlier this year we noted that at a large number of states had introduced legislation to address an emerging issue that is unique to our Information Age: how will our digital assets be accessed and used (or...more

How can surviving family members deal with online accounts and other digital assets?

Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers,... on 8/7/2016

We, as a society, are gradually moving away from paper bank statements, jars with money in them, and instructions to loved ones scribbled on notepads. With the growth of our online presence, our lives can be governed almost...more

Trusts and Estates Group News: Estate Planning Enters the Digital Age

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 5/6/2016

One reality of modern life is our increasing reliance on digital information and services. It’s difficult to take and then order prints of photographs, accumulate travel rewards, book travel, sort through financial records,...more

Keying into your digital assets: Revise your estate plan to account for online documents

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on 4/6/2016

In the not-so-distant past, one likely kept copies of vital estate planning documents locked in a fire-resistant vault or file cabinet, with copies at an attorney’s office. However, in this digital age, it’s more likely that...more

Alert: Estate Planning for Digital Assets

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 11/3/2015

Do you have a personal laptop computer, iPad, iPhone or other personal electronic device requiring an access password? Who, besides you, has that information? If something happens to you, how will your information be...more

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