A recent study found that 75.1% of millennials are opting for will-based estate plans and 18.8% are using a trust-based estate plan. The new study from digital estate planning firm Trust and Will, of about 23,000 individuals aged 25 to 44, also found that the most common trigger to […]
Category: digital death
Death cleaning, letting go and the problem with ‘stuff’
A lifetime of letters Sarah Morgan Jones Packing up a house after someone has died is like dismantling the components of the life, carefully and carelessly curated over decades. Not just the life expired, but the peripheral lives, those which grew and flourished under the maternal wing, the satellite […]
Estate planners want to keep the crypt out of cryptocurrency
The popularity of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is raising a new issue in estate planning: making sure heirs have the passcodes that will give them access. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) The rapid rise in circulation and growing popularity of cryptocurrencies is prompting attorneys and estate planners to adjust […]
Private members’ bill to allow access to deceased’s digital data
A private members’ Bill has been introduced to parliament by MP Ian Paisley, aiming to give the families of deceased or incapacitated people immediate access to their digital data, without the need for legal action. Paisley introduced the Digital Devices (Access for Next of Kin) Bill on 18th January, […]
How to prepare for death in a digital age
It may sound morbid but having a cyber footprint means there are more things we need to plan for in the unfortunate event of our death. Chanel Reynolds was 39 and her husband, José Hernando, was 43 when he was hit by a van while riding his bike. The […]