Typical Timing of Calls After the Funeral After the funeral service, a family is typically settling the estate of the father of the patriarch. One issue that arises is regarding a large transaction the father made in his final days. Most likely the transaction was facilitated via email communication. The family member thinks the father’s laptop contains the information needed to resolve the issue. Thus, the family member decides to open the laptop, guess the password correctl

Can you list everything you own? Most people think of their assets as the physical or the tangible: a house, a car, the retirement accounts, maybe a life insurance policy. The lawyers draws up the will, you beneficiaries are named, and the job feels done. But there is an big miss here. Its no not because attorneys overlook it, and not because families don't care. This miss is because most people simply don't think of their online accounts as property. They are and in many cas

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