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07AprApril 7, 2020

Estate Planning Documents Are More Important Than Ever! – Why You Need a Power of Attorney and a Will

In the first part of this Blog article, I discussed Health Care Proxies and Living Wills. In this Blog post, I will discuss the importance of having a Durable Power of Attorney and a Will and why should you review your existing documents to make...

01DecDecember 1, 2019

Common Estate Planning Misconceptions

There are lots of misconceptions about estate planning, and any one of them can result in costly mistakes. Understanding who needs an estate plan and what it should cover is key to creating a plan that is right for you. A properly crafted estate plan...

24OctOctober 24, 2017

New Jersey passes Digital Estate Planning Law: How does it impact you?

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently ruled that the Stored Communications Act does not prohibit Yahoo! from disclosing contents of a deceased user’s email account to the administrators of the decedent’s estate as long as the administrators lawfully consent to the release of...

26FebFebruary 26, 2015

Estate Planning in the Internet Age Update

I have previously blogged about the growing importance of estate planning for digital assets. Facebook recently announced a change to its policy about managing profiles for deceased users. Previously, Facebook allowed accounts to be memorialized. Functionally, memorializing an account meant...

22SepSeptember 22, 2014

Laws Empowering Estate Fiduciaries to Access and Control an Estate’s Digital Assets Gain Momentum

In December 2012, I published an article in the New Jersey Law Journal entitled “Death in the Digital Age: An exploration of the issues that arise when disposing of a decedent’s online materials.” The article examined the problems that...