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Are your digital assets in your estate plan?

Much of our life lives online these days.  Email is just the beginning.  Do you have a Facebook account?  What about PayPal?  How about an

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February 12, 2017

Credit card debt after death – what you need to know

It’s often incredibly difficult to cope with the death of a loved one.  A creditor knocking on your door makes it even more difficult. Can

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November 27, 2016

Are you missing out on unclaimed billions?

Have you told your family if you have a life insurance policy?  Do they know where to find the paperwork needed to claim its benefits

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October 30, 2016

Will you get a call from a debt collector?

Did you know that if someone dies with unpaid bills like a balance on a credit card account, a family member or close friend will

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September 25, 2016

Seen a digital assets & legacy infographic?

We came across a very easy to read and understand infographic.  It provides important information about estate and digital asset planning.  Although the data is based

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June 12, 2016

You’re dead…so what happens to your Bitcoins?

There’s been a lot of discussion about digital assets and what happens to your bitcoin accounts when you die. When we checked a while ago, we

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January 3, 2016

Haunting story of a lonely man’s death

I read this story in the New York Times a few days ago and it still haunts me. The Lonely Death of George Bell tells about

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October 25, 2015

What Happens To Your Yahoo Japan Digital Assets When You Die?

On Monday, Yahoo Japan announced “Yahoo! Ending”, a program designed to help Yahoo Japan users plan for their death.   The search engine, in partnership with

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July 16, 2014

Is there an unclaimed life insurance policy in your future?

I came across an old article in the New York Times about this topic and thought it worth reviewing.  When someone who purchased a life

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January 13, 2014

Access to online bank accounts a problem after death

In the “old days”, a paper trail was usually very easy to follow when someone died.  You could find their bank account statements, credit card

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August 19, 2013

75 years together…born on the same day; died one day apart

Helen and Les Brown were born on the same day, remained married for 75 years and died just one day apart at age 94.  What

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July 31, 2013

5 things you should know before you agree to be an executor

When my father died ten years ago and I found out he had named me as his executor, I thought “Okay.  It’s no big deal.” 

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July 10, 2013

Unclaimed property – Are you a beneficiary but you don’t know it?

Over the last five years or so, a study has been conducted to determine how insurance companies ensured that beneficiaries of life insurance policies were

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June 30, 2013

Need a death certificate? Here’s how to get one.

Someone wrote to us at diesmart.com and said she needed help finding an attorney so she could get an original death certificate of a deceased

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June 22, 2013

Tax ID Theft – a massive problem, especially in Florida

Identity Theft Identity theft of the deceased is a problem which we have written about before. It’s one that can be prevented by taking some

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February 19, 2013
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