What Happens to your Online Information Upon Your Death?

Have you thought about that question?  When a client comes to see me as there Estate Planning attorney about preparing an Estate Plan including a Living Trust, a Will, a Power of Attorney, Advance Health Care Directive, etc., it is something that I have started to ask about.

Honestly, I have not done anything myself yet.  As many of us do, I have emails sent to me at four sites; I have financial records sent to me from a variety of sources – and they all require a password.  I have business records and personal records all over the place.  What about the fun things?  Facebook? Linked In?  or whatever follows?

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What is my successor trustee and/or executor to do upon my death?  Moreover, are there things on my computer that I really do not want anyone to see?  Will someone see those things?  These are some of the questions that you need to think about and answer.

There are more than a couple of tools available on the internet and websites to assist you in implementing your desires.  I suggest that you take a look.  You may want to consider putting virtual asset information on a flash drive and storing it in a very secure place.

Most importantly, whatever you decide to do, you must, one way or another, inform your successor trustee and/or executor.  This can be done, the old-fashioned way, on paper.