In today's digital age, our online presence and digital assets have become as integral as physical property. Yet, they are often overlooked in traditional estate planning.

With the majority of our lives increasingly spent online, it becomes essential not to overlook your digital assets when preparing your estate plan. In my almost two decades as an estate planning attorney, I have experienced first-hand the importance of accounting for your digital assets before you die.

As technology advances, more and more of our lives are being digitized. From our online banking and social media accounts to our family photos and videos, many of our most important assets are now stored in the digital realm.

As an attorney that practices in estate planning and probate, this is a topic that I discuss frequently. I help people when they are planning for their estate as well as the children who are administering their parents’ estate and trying to locate the important papers that contain the information they need.

Whether the coronavirus pandemic has you worried about your future or spending your downtime being productive, it has certainly inspired widespread changes including highlighting the need for estate planning. People are thinking about what would happen to them, loved ones, pets, and their assets if they ended up in the hospital or passed away suddenly.

If you have an estate plan, it has all of your physical assets covered. But, do you have a plan for your non-physical assets that are stored electronically?