[ NOTE: I wrote the first version of this article in 2010. The article was one of the earliest practical articles on digital estate planning and, in its own way, was influential. It is also one of many of my articles that can no longer be found on the […]
Joan Mitchell in her studio in Vétheuil, France, 1983. Photo by Robert Freson, Joan Mitchell Foundation Archives. © Joan Mitchell Foundation By Natalie Koza and Eleni Demestihas Traditionally, when someone died, their executor would follow a standard process to settle their estate: locate the will, go through file cabinets […]
This device is unable to play the requested video. Facebook has announced a number of changes to how active accounts interact with those whose owners have passed away in order to reduce potential trauma and distress. With so many of us now using social media, there are repercussions when […]
A recent New York case, Estate of Swezey (NYLJ, 1/17/19 at pp. 23, col. 3) highlights the confusion in the laws of many states regarding the administration and distribution of digital assets at a decedent’s death. In this case, decedent’s executor asked Apple to turn over decedent’s photographs stored […]
This provocative projection comes from a pair of researchers at the University of Oxford. (Web Desk) – Within half a century, it’s possible that Facebook could be overrun by the dead, with more deceased users making up the world’s largest social network than living, active people, a new study […]