[ 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 […]
In the year and a half since I last wrote about planning for digital assets not much has changed in Massachusetts. Our state is still one of a handful of states that has not enacted the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (RUFADAA) , although there is […]
What happens to email, usernames, passwords, banking information, social media and blogs when an individual dies? It’s a question most people haven’t considered, but should. Without proper planning and documentation, online information may become inaccessible and may eventually cease to exist. Today, almost everyone has some type of online […]
Settling the estate of a deceased family member has long been a taxing and emotional process. Among other things, we have personal possessions to sort through, probate court to visit, assets to distribute, and agencies to notify. As our lives become more and more connected online, we increasingly need […]