Why Digital Assets Belong in Your Wills and trusts attorney Maryland

You've planned for your home, your savings, and your sentimental belongings, but what happens to your Bitcoin wallet, your PayPal balance, your Venmo, Podcast or the 10,000 photos stored in the cloud when you're gone?

Digital assets are no longer a niche concern Wills and trusts attorney Maryland. They're a core part of modern estates, and Maryland, Virginia and D.C. residents need to plan accordingly.

What Counts as a Digital Asset?

Digital assets include many things. Of which but not limited to, online banking and investment accounts, Cryptocurrency, PayPal and Venmo balances, loyalty points and airline miles, podcast logins and recordings and social media accounts, digital photo libraries, YouTube channel logins, blogs, domain names, website logins and passwords and even subscription services with transferable value and your digital keys to your metaverse property should you have it.

The Digital Legal Landscape in Maryland, Virginia and D.C.

Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia have adopted versions of the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (RUFADAA). This law gives your executor or personal representative legal authority to access and manage your digital assets. Without it, your fiduciary may be locked out entirely, leaving valuable or meaningful assets in limbo Estate planning attorney Montgomery County MD.

What You Should Do Today

Meet with your attorney at The Law Office of Brian Gormely, LLC and tell them you need a Will that should inventory all of digital assets, name a digital executor or grant explicit authority to your personal representative, include instructions for accessing accounts i.e.,,, usernames and passwords (stored securely, not within the Will itself), and address your wishes for memorialization or deletion of social media profiles should something happen to you.

At Gormley Law Office, we help Maryland, Virginia and D.C. clients build estate plans that reflect the full picture of their modern lives, including the digital one.

Don't be left out in the cold to struggle. While we may not be able to fix every problem, we're here to help, and we can get many issues resolved that would otherwise stump would-be deal participants We provide comprehensive legal support for real estate investors throughout the region.

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