DIGITAL ESTATE PLANNING
Our experienced attorneys will work with you to ensure your digital legacy is properly documented, accessible to your loved ones, and protected from unauthorized access.
Digital Estate planning is your way to make sure that your loved ones can access your estate plan and digital assets when a family member or friend passes away. Often people do not think to grant access to their accounts in the event of death nor do they leave behind login information, such as a username and password, to do so. In these instances, digital estate planning creates a process whereby authorized individuals can request access to digital assets.
Digital assets refer to any online accounts and any files stored on a person’s computer or the cloud (a server) and can be classified into two categories, online digital assets and offline (local) digital assets.
Online digital assets, that is, those that are protected by a username and password and/or contain economically or sentimentally valuable content, may include social media accounts, email accounts, cloud based libraries, cryptocurrency, online banking accounts, contact lists, travel accounts (such as airline miles or points) to name a few.
While offline or local digital assets are typically files that are stored locally on a phone, a computer or a tablet and may include valuable business documents, intellectual property, graphic design files and other types of valuable “digital data” that may have substantial intellectual property and economic value.
Berry Moorman’s Michigan digital estate planning attorneys also provide a full range of estate planning services including.
Wills and Trusts
Durable Powers of Attorney
Patient Advocate Designations
Living Wills
- Spousal support (alimony)
Tax Planning
Medicaid Planning
Charitable Giving
Probate Avoidance
Dynasty Trusts
Closely Held Business Planning
Trust Funding
Asset Protection
IRAs including Payments to Trusts
Our estate planning attorneys take pride in our long tradition of a strong and active practice in the areas of probate and trust administration. Our ability to carry out the wishes of decedents and trust grantors, together with our sensitivity to the needs of heirs and beneficiaries, has provided reassurance to several generations of our clients and their families.
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We take into account the client’s long-term needs as they relate to other areas of law such as business, real estate, tax, corporate, pension, probate and estate planning and serve each client with skilled, aggressive, and creative legal representation that responds to the unique requirements of each case.
Meet Our Attorneys
Donald F. Carney, Jr.
Attorney
Patrice M. Ticknor
Attorney