Digital Assets

Gerry W. Beyer (Professor of Law, Texas Tech University School of Law) and Kerri Griffin (2011, J.D., Texas Tech School of Law) recently published their article entitled Estate Planning for Digital Assets, Estate Planning Studies, July 2011. The abstract available on SSRN is below:

Only two states (Oklahoma and Idaho) have statutes that directly address digital assets in a probate context – and then only in the administration phase. Few estate planners provide digital asset planning for their clients, which may lead to significant problems as these assets are increasingly valuable and difficult to handle without proper planning.

This Study reviews the following aspects of digital asset planning: Importance; Results without planning; Planning techniques; Obstacles.