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Estate Planning for the Digital Afterlife

As more Americans establish personal email accounts, social media accounts, and other electronic accounts, these “digital assets” are becoming an increasingly vital estate-planning consideration. The failure to consider how to dispose of digital assets in an individual’s estate plan could result in later complexities following the individual’s death.

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As more Americans establish personal email, social media, and other electronic accounts, these “digital assets” are becoming an increasingly vital estate-planning consideration. The failure to consider how to dispose of digital assets in an individual’s estate plan could result in later complexities following the individual’s death.

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