Who Inherits My Email & Social Media When I Die?
When I die, who gets to read my emails? What Florida laws govern this? Can you gain access to your deceased mother’s social media accounts? What if my deceased husband and my accounts were in his name only and I forgot the password? Will the personal representative of my Florida estate be able to access my online banking accounts? When I die, does Florida probate law protect my email and social media accounts?
Accessing a Deceased Person’s Online Accounts in Florida
- When it comes to accessing a person’s online accounts after they die, probate litigators West Palm Beach know that the struggle has been real.
- However, Senate Bill 494 was recently enacted to make this better.
- This new legislation will allow digital assets and property to be treated like any other estate property throughout the probate process in Florida.
- It gives people the opportunity to choose who they would like to have access to their accounts when they die.
- Check out our blog about Senate Bill 494 by clicking here.
- Personal Representatives of Florida estates have, in the past, been unable to access online accounts that may be imperative to trust and estates litigation Delray Beach.
- In addition, beneficiaries and family members have had to go through chaos to obtain access to certain things that were overlooked when the decedent wrote his or her Florida will.
- Check out this recent CBC News report about a woman who simply wanted to “continue to play games on her husband’s IPad.”
Woman Needs a Court Order to Get Deceased Husband’s Password
- Here, a woman in Canada contacted Apple in an attempt to get her deceased husband’s Apple ID password.
- Her reason for obtaining this password is that she wanted to continue to play the games that her and her husband had purchased through Itunes.
- Although this may seem like a silly reason to get a password, there are often important reasons to obtain online information.
- Probate litigators Delray Beach know that online account access may be necessary for the probate process in Florida.
- After months of inconvenience, she was told that she would need a court order to obtain the password.
- Would she spend hundreds of dollars for a court order to obtain a password to play a card game?
- In Florida probate litigation, would court order’s need to be obtained to gain valuable online information?
- Read the entire article by clicking here.
Want to learn more?
User’s Guide for Florida Probate Litigation & Administration of Estates, Wils & Probates
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- Want to know more about Florida probate litigation? Consider these free resources:
- Read the Florida Courts webpage on the probate process: http://www.flcourts.org/resources-and-services/family-courts/family-law-self-help-information/probate.stml
- Read the Florida Probate Code: http://www.floridabar.org/tfb/TFBLegalRes.nsf/
- Read the Florida Probate Rules: https://www.floridabar.org/tfb/TFBLegalRes.nsf/
- Here are the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar if you are interested in hiring a Florida probate litigation lawyer and want to know more about our ethical rules and our rules of conduct: http://www.floridabar.org/divexe/rrtfb.nsf/WContents?OpenView
- Here are the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure: http://www.floridabar.org/tfb/TFBLegalRes.nsf/
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