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 […]
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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 […]
Digital Estate Planning is #1 Issue Today
Kaysville, UT – Today people have more information online than they have in their filing cabinets, and most aren’t keeping track of it. What happens to your online accounts when you die? Usually, nothing! If they are never notified of your death they will remain there indefinitely, making them […]
As Millennials Become Caregivers, Demand For Estate Planning Grows
San Diego, CA | Trust & Will today released the findings of its second annual millennial estate planning study, providing insight from more than 20,000 millennials on end-of-life planning preferences. As the U.S. enters into another year of living in a pandemic, estate planning continues to see an uptick […]
Storing Passwords in Case of Death – Annapolis and Towson Estate Planning
Despite having the resources to hire IT forensic experts to help access accounts, including her husband’s IRA, it has been three years and Deborah Placet still has not been able to gain access to her husband’s Bitcoin account. Placet and her late husband were financial planners and should have […]