Month: April 2016
Update: Wills, Trusts, and Estate Planning for Digital Assets and Electronically Store Information
About two weeks ago, our governor signed into law an act known as the “Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act”. This is in response to the uncertainty that surrounds the ownership of electronic information in such places as social media, Facebook, Flickr, Cloud, etc. I commented on this issue in 2014 here and I am
Estate Planning: Take Back Control of Your Body
The Michigan legislature finally passed a law that makes good sense. You may not know this, but prior to March 29, 2016, Michigan citizens did not have a say over who would make funeral and burial decisions for them upon their deaths. Instead the law provided that your next of kin in a state-dictated order