Estate Map Returns, Reinvented

Estate Map launched just over a year ago as a cloud-based tool for estate planning lawyers and their clients; however, last April, its founder, Minneapolis lawyer Joseph Henderson, announced he was shutting it down.  He planned to put in place a new site, to be marketed directly to consumers, rather than lawyers. 

This week, the beta version of that consumer-facing site was rolled out.  Consumers wishing to try it can sign up as beta testers through the site, yet Henderson says the number of sign-ups will be capped for now. 

The new version of Estate Map is substantially similar to the old version, but it takes the lawyer out of the equation.  The site is now focused on enabling consumers to store, organize and share the information they would want to pass along after death.  “From Facebook to funeral plans, from photos to finances, from final words to the location of the key to the riding lawnmower, Estate Map helps you leave behind an estate that’s easier to navigate.  Like an online safe deposit box with sharing capabilities, Estate Map is your digital approach to leaving directions and avoiding dead ends.”

See Robert Ambrogi, Estate Map Returns, in a Consumer-Facing Beta, Law Sites Blog, Sept. 30, 2014.