Estate Planning For Your Digital Life

After her father suffered a debilitating stroke at age 62, a 33-year-old estate planning attorney tried to gain access to his business computer but none of the passwords she used were successful. The father had not left a list of his passwords with anyone and he used his personal email account to help run his building supply company.

The family did not know what orders were coming in, who the business owed money to, who to bill or what orders had been filled. After one month, Yahoo provided the family with the password but after court order. Because of the…