Digital Estate Planning Avoids Hassle for Loved Ones

I have previously written on digital estate planning here and here. 

A recent article on this issue points out that without knowing the usernames and passwords of a deceased or incapacitated person’s online accounts, loved ones must get court authority to these accounts and then work with companies that are not quick to honor such authorizations.

See Andrea Coombes, You Need an Online Estate Plan, WSJ, July 19, 2009.

Special thanks to Patrick S. Sylvester (Attorney & Counselor at Law, Sylvester Law Firm, PC) for bringing this article to my attention.