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My mission is to help you and your family to plan for your future, face the legal challenges of death today, and gain clarity and peace of mind when it comes to life’s toughest questions.
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What Happens to Your Bitcoin When You Become Incapacitated or Die?
Welcome Erica Bertorello to my blog. Enjoy her review of Bitcoin, and learn more about her work at the bottom of the article. Consider the following: Christian Troy is a single, successful computer executive in his forties. Christian’s two passions in life are his...
What’s a digital legacy?
A legacy is what you leave behind when you leave a place. The dictionary definition suggests that a legacy is personal property and real property that you leave behind when you die, but I think that definition is pretty narrow. A legacy can also be anything including...
Is there a catch to ‘going paperless’?
Many of us get most, if not all, of our bills and correspondence with companies via email. For many reasons this is great. The environment wins, we don't have to do filing, our kitchen table isn't full of quite so much mail...the list goes on and on. However, like...
Legacies, Ethical Wills and the Farewell Email
My work, including estate planning, thinking about digital assets, and community education has me thinking alot lately about different kinds of legacies. In estate planning and in the dictionary, a person’s legacy is defined by the personal property and real property...
“Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die”
Willie Nelson with a fan in Austin-Bergstrom International Airport by Henry Yip Willie Nelson's 'gospel' song "Roll Me Up and Smoke When I Die," which is also the title of his auto-biography, lays out his wishes for 'funeral' and disposal, or final disposition of his...
What Concerns You Most about Death?
Last year, with The Sacred Dying Foundation, we sent out a quick survey via email and social media. We asked 2 questions – The first question prompted participants to rank a list of 'priorities' or 'responsibilities' based on what concerned them most when they thought...
Why Do Technology and Elder Law Need Each Other?
Technology needs elder law, because growing old and dying is an experience that 100% of technology users will face. Technology needs elder law to help people make plans for illness, incapacity and death. Elder law needs technology, because human problems need...
What is Elder Law?
Elder Law is the law of humans. Humans with a lifetime of financial ups and downs, myriad experiences and changing responsibilities, depending on the knowledge and money they've saved up to face a quickly changing world. Many older humans end up in debt. More still,...