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Estate Planning

Law Proposed to Make Estate Planning with Digital Assets Easier

For Massachusetts residents starting to explore estate planning, handling digital assets can be challenging. Terms of use and privacy laws have not quite caught up with the advancements in technology, and the last thing you want to deal with while grieving a loved one's death is fighting for access to online accounts. One state, however, has proposed legislation that would explicitly deal with what happens to a person's online accounts after death.

Estate Planning Without Immediate Family

For some people, deciding what will happen to their assets after they pass away is easy. They simply leave their possessions to a surviving spouse or their children. For those in Massachusetts without children or any immediate family members at all, the decisions that come along with estate planning can be more complex.

Dispute Over Actor’s Burial Shows Gap in Estate Plan

Most disputes that hit the news after someone passes away involve the family fighting over belongings or cash. However, divvying up assets and naming an executor are only parts of a thorough estate plan. Making it clear through a will or other legal document how and where a person wishes to be buried is also important.

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