Tag: digital legacy planning

Digital Executor Duties Nobody Prepared You For: Crypto, Cloud Accounts & Social Media Access Laws

Traditional executor guides focus on bank accounts and real estate, ignoring the digital assets that now comprise significant portions of estates. Cryptocurrency wallets, cloud storage with irreplaceable family photos, social media accounts, NFTs, and password-protected online businesses create executor duties nobody teaches you about. Without proper legal authority and technical knowledge, executors lose access to…
Digital Legacy Planning: Protecting Your Online Life After Death

Modern lives exist as much online as offline, yet most estate plans fail to address digital assets like email accounts, social media profiles, financial accounts, photos, and cryptocurrency. Digital legacy planning ensures your online accounts and electronic information are managed according to your wishes, preventing families from being locked out of important accounts and irreplaceable…
The 7 Things No One Tells You About Digital Grief (And Why Gen Z is Changing Everything)

A magical and thought-provoking image depicting the transformation of traditional storytelling into digital narrative creation. An open book with luminous golden pages releases floating social media posts, profile images, memorial content, and digital interactions into the surrounding space. The warm lighting and ethereal quality suggest both the beauty and inevitability of how personal stories now…

The Executor Errors You Can’t Undo: Costly Mistakes That Become Your Financial Problem
Some executor mistakes you can fix with amended filings or apologies. Others are permanent. Paying beneficiaries before creditors, missing tax deadlines, selling assets without authorization, destroying property before inventory, and self-dealing create personal liability that lasts years beyond estate closure.
Digital Executor Duties Nobody Prepared You For: Crypto, Cloud Accounts & Social Media Access Laws
Traditional executor guides focus on bank accounts and real estate, ignoring the digital assets that now comprise significant portions of estates. Cryptocurrency wallets, cloud storage with irreplaceable family photos, social media accounts, NFTs, and password-protected online businesses create executor duties nobody teaches you about. Without proper legal authority and technical knowledge, executors lose access to assets worth thousands or destroy digital legacies families can never recover.
What Executors Get Sued For: Personal Liability That Outlasts Estate Closure
Most executors think their legal responsibility ends when the estate closes. The truth is far more unsettling. Personal liability for fiduciary breaches, unpaid taxes, and creditor violations can follow you for years after probate ends, turning an act of service into financial devastation.

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