Digital assets form part of your estate and are treated by the court as any other.
We live in an era where our digital footprint has come to reflect more of our identity than we realise. As technology continues to advance, it is important to account for digital assets in the process of estate planning.
What Are Digital Assets in Estate Planning?
Digital assets are often overlooked and can lead to loss of personal information and photographs that were unable to be retained through ‘digital inheritance’. To know whether it can be passed down in a Will, it must be transferable. Examples include[1]: [...]