How To Manage Digital Assets After Death Of The Account Holder

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

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By Gerry W. Beyer

The digital revolution has done more to advance humanity than almost any other creation. However, that same revolution creates a new problem in the form of management of digital assets after death. In the case of one couple, the surviving spouse was unable to do something simple such as requesting cable repair since her husband was the one who knew all the passwords to their online accounts. Estate planners should take heed and encourage their clients to make sure all necessary digital information to manage online assets is accessible to their heirs be it in a will or in some other secure location that will be accessible to their family.

See Thomas Owen,Preparing For The Digital Afterlife, WGN News, May 18, 2015.

Special thanks to Brian Cohan (Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Brian J. Cohan, P.C.) for bringing this article to my attention.