This isn’t a simple matter, even if you’ve planned.<\/p>\n
It used to be that people kept important things in filing cabinets, banks, and photo albums. Now everything from communications, to photos, to music, to sensitive financial information is increasingly kept online. In fact, 51 percent of U.S. adults bank online, according to the Pew Research Center; and 63 percent of all American adults, and 27 percent of all Americans ages 65 and older, use social networking sites.<\/p>\n
And, while the Internet has made things easier in many ways, it can cause a lot of complications when someone dies or loses the ability to manage their own affairs. That\u2019s why the Uniform Law Commission, a group of state appointed attorneys, created the Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (UFADAA) as a way to clear up some of the complications.<\/p>\n
Who Has Access to Your Digital Assets When You Die? This isn’t a simple matter, even if you’ve planned. It used to be that people kept important things in filing cabinets, banks, and photo albums. Now everything from communications, to…<\/span><\/p>\n