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• Facebook – Do you remain in cyberspace forever? If a loved one has left his or her login information – user name and password – where you can find it, there’s no problem. All you have to do is the following: 1) Open the account that you want to delete. 2) Go to Account Settings. 3) Look for the Deactivate Account button at the bottom of the page. [...]...
• LinkedIn – Do you stay linked to this online network after death? If you do nothing, the deceased’s account will be removed by the folks at LinkedIn after being inactive for at least six months. However, it’s easy to cancel the account.  You don’t have to be the next of kin or executor; in fact, you don’t even have to be a blood relative.  A friend or [...]...
• Google – What happens to your Gmail account when you die? Google is one of the few ISPs that actually have a published policy on what to do to access a Gmail account when someone dies. http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=14300 Whoever is the lawful representative of the deceased or his or her estate can notify Google about the death via fax or US mail.  The following information must be provided to [...]...
• Thank You Thank you for your interest in DieSmart. Click here to download your free report. “A Must reference book for all of us who are helping parents with their estate planning and our own as well.” – Nanette M. Circo Recent Posts: October 16, 2011: MySpace – Does this digital space stay mine forever? — The [...]...

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• Google – What happens to your Gmail account when you die? Google is one of the few ISPs that actually have a published policy on what to do to access a Gmail account when someone dies. http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=14300 Whoever is the lawful representative of the deceased or his or her estate can notify Google about the death via fax or US mail.  The following information must be provided to [...]...
• Facebook – Do you remain in cyberspace forever? If a loved one has left his or her login information – user name and password – where you can find it, there’s no problem. All you have to do is the following: 1) Open the account that you want to delete. 2) Go to Account Settings. 3) Look for the Deactivate Account button at the bottom of the page. [...]...
• Comcast – Can a deceased’s email account be accessed? According to a Comcast representative, anyone who knows the last 4 digits of the deceased’s Social Security number, their account number or the amount of their most recent payment can cancel a deceased’s account. However, accessing that account will be more difficult.  If you want access but do not know the password that was used by the [...]...

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• MySpace – Does this digital space stay mine forever? The simple answer is yes.  If no action is taken, your account will remain in cyberspace forever. However, the MySpace account of someone who is deceased can be cancelled by their next of kin (mother, father, spouse, domestic partner, son or daughter).  That person will need to send proof of death (obituary or death certificate) [...]...
• PayPal – How can I cancel a deceased’s online account? Only the executor of the estate can close a PayPal account that is held in the name of the deceased.  To do so, the executor must fax the following documentation to 402-537-5732:  1) A cover sheet that says the account holder is deceased and the executor wishes to close the account. 2) A copy of [...]...
• AOL – Will you be online forever? AOL makes it easy for you to keep, access or cancel the account of a loved one.  Any member of the deceased’s family can call AOL member services at 800-827-6364.  You will be asked for some information about the deceased and your relation to him or her.   Then they will send paperwork that needs to [...]...

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• MySpace – Does this digital space stay mine forever? The simple answer is yes.  If no action is taken, your account will remain in cyberspace forever. However, the MySpace account of someone who is deceased can be cancelled by their next of kin (mother, father, spouse, domestic partner, son or daughter).  That person will need to send proof of death (obituary or death certificate) [...]...
• PayPal – How can I cancel a deceased’s online account? Only the executor of the estate can close a PayPal account that is held in the name of the deceased.  To do so, the executor must fax the following documentation to 402-537-5732:  1) A cover sheet that says the account holder is deceased and the executor wishes to close the account. 2) A copy of [...]...
• AOL – Will you be online forever? AOL makes it easy for you to keep, access or cancel the account of a loved one.  Any member of the deceased’s family can call AOL member services at 800-827-6364.  You will be asked for some information about the deceased and your relation to him or her.   Then they will send paperwork that needs to [...]...

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• Comcast – Can a deceased’s email account be accessed? According to a Comcast representative, anyone who knows the last 4 digits of the deceased’s Social Security number, their account number or the amount of their most recent payment can cancel a deceased’s account. However, accessing that account will be more difficult.  If you want access but do not know the password that was used by the [...]...
• PayPal – How can I cancel a deceased’s online account? Only the executor of the estate can close a PayPal account that is held in the name of the deceased.  To do so, the executor must fax the following documentation to 402-537-5732:  1) A cover sheet that says the account holder is deceased and the executor wishes to close the account. 2) A copy of [...]...
• LinkedIn – Do you stay linked to this online network after death? If you do nothing, the deceased’s account will be removed by the folks at LinkedIn after being inactive for at least six months. However, it’s easy to cancel the account.  You don’t have to be the next of kin or executor; in fact, you don’t even have to be a blood relative.  A friend or [...]...
• Free Offer Thanks for joining Kathy Lane on Michael Baisden. As a thanks for tuning in, we’d like to offer the first chapter in Die Smart: 11 Mistakes that Cost Your Family When You Die, as a free download. Just enter your name and email address below and you’ll be on your way to smarter planning. “Die$mart, tackles [...]...

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• PayPal – How can I cancel a deceased’s online account? Only the executor of the estate can close a PayPal account that is held in the name of the deceased.  To do so, the executor must fax the following documentation to 402-537-5732:  1) A cover sheet that says the account holder is deceased and the executor wishes to close the account. 2) A copy of [...]...
• LinkedIn – Do you stay linked to this online network after death? If you do nothing, the deceased’s account will be removed by the folks at LinkedIn after being inactive for at least six months. However, it’s easy to cancel the account.  You don’t have to be the next of kin or executor; in fact, you don’t even have to be a blood relative.  A friend or [...]...
• Google – What happens to your Gmail account when you die? Google is one of the few ISPs that actually have a published policy on what to do to access a Gmail account when someone dies. http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=14300 Whoever is the lawful representative of the deceased or his or her estate can notify Google about the death via fax or US mail.  The following information must be provided to [...]...

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• PayPal – How can I cancel a deceased’s online account? Only the executor of the estate can close a PayPal account that is held in the name of the deceased.  To do so, the executor must fax the following documentation to 402-537-5732:  1) A cover sheet that says the account holder is deceased and the executor wishes to close the account. 2) A copy of [...]...
• MySpace – Does this digital space stay mine forever? The simple answer is yes.  If no action is taken, your account will remain in cyberspace forever. However, the MySpace account of someone who is deceased can be cancelled by their next of kin (mother, father, spouse, domestic partner, son or daughter).  That person will need to send proof of death (obituary or death certificate) [...]...
• LinkedIn – Do you stay linked to this online network after death? If you do nothing, the deceased’s account will be removed by the folks at LinkedIn after being inactive for at least six months. However, it’s easy to cancel the account.  You don’t have to be the next of kin or executor; in fact, you don’t even have to be a blood relative.  A friend or [...]...

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• Medical Identity Theft Identity theft is a huge problem in this country, not only for the living but for the deceased as well. Thieves steal Social Security numbers and other identity information and then apply for credit in the name of someone else. It can take years to untangle the ensuing mess that occurs once the theft has [...]...
• Who Owns Your Digital Assets When You Die Digital assets are making dying even more complicated.    As more and more of our life is portrayed in a digital form, a key question is evolving in the legal community:   “Who Owns Your Digital Assets When You Die?” The  New York Times posted an interesting article regarding your digital assets,   “Cyperspace When You Are Dead.” [...]...
• Cadavers: Where do they come from? Anyone watching Brothers and Sisters last Sunday saw Justin Walker getting ready to cut open a cadaver as part of his medical school training. Where did that cadaver come from? How did it get to a medical school? A brief history of cadavers Medical schools have used cadavers for training for more than 200 years. [...]...

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• National Healthcare Decisions Day – April 16, 2011 National, state and local organizations have joined together to ensure that all adults have the opportunity to communicate and document their healthcare decisions. Too often, someone’s wishes are not known and steps are taken during a critical medical situation that he or she would not have wanted. Have you done any advance healthcare planning? Do [...]...
• Health Debate Isn’t About Health In an effort to help DieSmart visitors become more educated about the significance of the proposed health care reform legislation, DieSmart will aggregate and post articles from a variety of sources for your review. Health Debate Isn’t About Health – WSJ.com.Recent Posts: October 16, 2011: MySpace – Does this digital space stay mine forever? — The simple [...]...
• When I Go Away: Getting Your Digital Affairs in Order I just read an article which talks about the need to leave information about your online accounts so your heirs will know what they have to deal with after you die. It’s well worth reading for the information it provides. What it doesn’t tell you is exactly what you have to do to close out [...]...
• Free Offer Thanks for joining Kathy Lane on Michael Baisden. As a thanks for tuning in, we’d like to offer the first chapter in Die Smart: 11 Mistakes that Cost Your Family When You Die, as a free download. Just enter your name and email address below and you’ll be on your way to smarter planning. “Die$mart, tackles [...]...

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• You thought you could be buried with your pet…maybe not in New York. Many people consider their pet a member of the family and, when it dies, they want to remember that pet by burying it in a special place. Hartsdale Pet Cemetery and Crematory in Hartsdale, New York claims to be the oldest pet cemetery in the United States and, until recently, it allowed people to have [...]...
• Bio Cremation – a new, green form of cremation This week the California legislature is voting on a bill that will make bio cremation another legal way to dispose of human remains; it will provide an eco-friendlier alternative to the current choices – burial or cremation. What makes bio cremation via resomation different?  The current alternatives – traditional cremation and burial pose threats to [...]...
• Estate Tax: Senate Bill 722 The 2010 Congressional Budget Resolution recommends a personal estate tax exemption allowance of $3.5 million. The value of estates above that would be taxed at 45%. However, the language in the Budget Resolution does not provide for the “portability” of the $3.5 million allowance to a surviving spouse. Without “portability”, the proposed estate tax laws [...]...
• Free Offer Thanks for joining Kathy Lane on Michael Baisden. As a thanks for tuning in, we’d like to offer the first chapter in Die Smart: 11 Mistakes that Cost Your Family When You Die, as a free download. Just enter your name and email address below and you’ll be on your way to smarter planning. “Die$mart, tackles [...]...

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• What will happen to the poor little rich dog’s ashes? When Leona Helmsley died, she left $12 million in her will allocated to the care of her beloved Maltese lapdog, Trouble. In 2008, after some of Helmsley’s heirs protested, a judge reduced Trouble’s inheritance to a mere $2 million, saying that $12 million exceeded the amount necessary to care for the dog, even when providing [...]...
• Donate your body to science and someone may profit from your death! Many people leave directions on how they would like their body to be disposed of.  Before making a final decision, they may consider burial or cremation.  Another option they may think about is the possibility of donating their body to medical science. There are many medical schools that would love the gift of a body that can be [...]...
• Bio Cremation – a new, green form of cremation This week the California legislature is voting on a bill that will make bio cremation another legal way to dispose of human remains; it will provide an eco-friendlier alternative to the current choices – burial or cremation. What makes bio cremation via resomation different?  The current alternatives – traditional cremation and burial pose threats to [...]...

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• Facebook.com/healthcare.gov and Long Term Care The Health and Human Service Department has announced the launch of HealthCare.gov on Facebook. If you visit healthcare.gov, you will find several tools that can help consumers make educated choices about their medical care. One of the tools is titled “Nursing Home Compare”.     It provides a list of U.S. nursing homes which includes demographics (location [...]...
• End Of Life Counseling Stays in Health Care Reform Bill End of Life counseling just won’t die.   In the proposed health care legislation today, the bill would allow doctors to bill Medicare for spending time with their patients discussing end of life choices. The full text of the proposed health care reform bill can be found here…http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/house_bill_102909.pdf?sid=ST2009102902154  The exact words defining end of life planning [...]...
• Health Debate Isn’t About Health In an effort to help DieSmart visitors become more educated about the significance of the proposed health care reform legislation, DieSmart will aggregate and post articles from a variety of sources for your review. Health Debate Isn’t About Health – WSJ.com.Recent Posts: October 16, 2011: MySpace – Does this digital space stay mine forever? — The simple [...]...
• Thank You Thank you for your interest in DieSmart. Click here to download your free report. “A Must reference book for all of us who are helping parents with their estate planning and our own as well.” – Nanette M. Circo Recent Posts: October 16, 2011: MySpace – Does this digital space stay mine forever? — The [...]...

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• Long Term Health Care–”..Number 1 issue…over the next decade.”" David Pitt of the Associated Press submitted an eye opening article for the San Jose Mercury News today–4/2/09.  It was a very clear warning about how the long term care costs will negatively impact the lives of most every retired American over the next decade. It’s great and easy reading. You’ll find the article at: [...]...
• Facebook.com/healthcare.gov and Long Term Care The Health and Human Service Department has announced the launch of HealthCare.gov on Facebook. If you visit healthcare.gov, you will find several tools that can help consumers make educated choices about their medical care. One of the tools is titled “Nursing Home Compare”.     It provides a list of U.S. nursing homes which includes demographics (location [...]...
• National Healthcare Decisions Day – April 16, 2011 National, state and local organizations have joined together to ensure that all adults have the opportunity to communicate and document their healthcare decisions. Too often, someone’s wishes are not known and steps are taken during a critical medical situation that he or she would not have wanted. Have you done any advance healthcare planning? Do [...]...

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• Google – What happens to your Gmail account when you die? Google is one of the few ISPs that actually have a published policy on what to do to access a Gmail account when someone dies. http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=14300 Whoever is the lawful representative of the deceased or his or her estate can notify Google about the death via fax or US mail.  The following information must be provided to [...]...
• When I Go Away: Getting Your Digital Affairs in Order I just read an article which talks about the need to leave information about your online accounts so your heirs will know what they have to deal with after you die. It’s well worth reading for the information it provides. What it doesn’t tell you is exactly what you have to do to close out [...]...
• Comcast – Can a deceased’s email account be accessed? According to a Comcast representative, anyone who knows the last 4 digits of the deceased’s Social Security number, their account number or the amount of their most recent payment can cancel a deceased’s account. However, accessing that account will be more difficult.  If you want access but do not know the password that was used by the [...]...

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• Estate Tax: Senate Bill 722 The 2010 Congressional Budget Resolution recommends a personal estate tax exemption allowance of $3.5 million. The value of estates above that would be taxed at 45%. However, the language in the Budget Resolution does not provide for the “portability” of the $3.5 million allowance to a surviving spouse. Without “portability”, the proposed estate tax laws [...]...
• Dying in the year 2010: Why Is It Different? On January 1, 2010, the rules about taxing inherited asets changed. To understand why dying in the year 2010 is different from dying in any other year, you must understand how inherited assets are taxed. Unless someone dies in 2010, all of their heirs will inherit property with a “stepped-up basis.”    Stepped-up basis is an Internal [...]...
• The Federal Estate Tax Pay attention to the House of Representatives this week! It appears our government is getting ready to decide how to change the current federal estate tax laws over the next couple of weeks. Will the House of Representatives recommend the 2009 $3.5 million federal estate tax exemption allowance become the permanent allowance starting in the [...]...

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• National Healthcare Decisions Day – April 16, 2011 National, state and local organizations have joined together to ensure that all adults have the opportunity to communicate and document their healthcare decisions. Too often, someone’s wishes are not known and steps are taken during a critical medical situation that he or she would not have wanted. Have you done any advance healthcare planning? Do [...]...
• CLASS Act – A national long-term care insurance progran What is CLASS Act? The Community Living Services and Supports (CLASS) Act is a new national, voluntary long-term care insurance program; it was tucked into the Affordable Care Act passed by the United States Congress in 2010. It is federally administered but consumer financed. Its intent is to provide care for those unable to perform [...]...
• Long Term Health Care–”..Number 1 issue…over the next decade.”" David Pitt of the Associated Press submitted an eye opening article for the San Jose Mercury News today–4/2/09.  It was a very clear warning about how the long term care costs will negatively impact the lives of most every retired American over the next decade. It’s great and easy reading. You’ll find the article at: [...]...

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• Cadavers: Where do they come from? Anyone watching Brothers and Sisters last Sunday saw Justin Walker getting ready to cut open a cadaver as part of his medical school training. Where did that cadaver come from? How did it get to a medical school? A brief history of cadavers Medical schools have used cadavers for training for more than 200 years. [...]...
• You thought you could be buried with your pet…maybe not in New York. Many people consider their pet a member of the family and, when it dies, they want to remember that pet by burying it in a special place. Hartsdale Pet Cemetery and Crematory in Hartsdale, New York claims to be the oldest pet cemetery in the United States and, until recently, it allowed people to have [...]...
• Why doesn’t death cancel a subscription? If you have an elderly or incapacitated relative who would like a new service or subscription, be sure to put it in their name, NOT yours. Request “user” access so you can pay the bills but don’t put the account(s) in your name. If you do, you may be sorry.A recent AARP magazine article told [...]...

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• Bio Cremation – a new, green form of cremation This week the California legislature is voting on a bill that will make bio cremation another legal way to dispose of human remains; it will provide an eco-friendlier alternative to the current choices – burial or cremation. What makes bio cremation via resomation different?  The current alternatives – traditional cremation and burial pose threats to [...]...
• New California Law Enhances Veteran Death Benefits Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law SB 469 last weekend.  It’s a bill that will enable family members of qualified veterans to ensure a proper burial for their loved ones.  Spearheaded by state senator Sam Aanestad, it will allow the California Department of Veterans Affairs to waive the required $500 charged for burial at any [...]...
• What does the health care bill mean for you? Yes, the proposed health care reform bill is 2,000 pages long.   Yes, Nancy Pelosi expects Congress to vote on this bill this weekend. If you’ve been wondering what’s in it for you, this article in the Wall Street Journal turns the bill into language mere mortals can understand. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704795604574519671055918380.html?mod=rss_Today’s_Most_Popular Of special interest is the language regarding Medicare…and the [...]...

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• Bio Cremation bill passed in California Recently we wrote about a new, green form of cremation – bio cremation from resomation.   On Thursday, May 6th the California State Assembly unanimously approved a bill which makes this process legal in California.  In 2008, more than 45% of the deceased in California were cremated.  With that large a percentage choosing cremation, it’s good [...]...
• Donate your body to science and someone may profit from your death! Many people leave directions on how they would like their body to be disposed of.  Before making a final decision, they may consider burial or cremation.  Another option they may think about is the possibility of donating their body to medical science. There are many medical schools that would love the gift of a body that can be [...]...
• Cadavers: Where do they come from? Anyone watching Brothers and Sisters last Sunday saw Justin Walker getting ready to cut open a cadaver as part of his medical school training. Where did that cadaver come from? How did it get to a medical school? A brief history of cadavers Medical schools have used cadavers for training for more than 200 years. [...]...

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• AOL – Will you be online forever? AOL makes it easy for you to keep, access or cancel the account of a loved one.  Any member of the deceased’s family can call AOL member services at 800-827-6364.  You will be asked for some information about the deceased and your relation to him or her.   Then they will send paperwork that needs to [...]...
• Comcast – Can a deceased’s email account be accessed? According to a Comcast representative, anyone who knows the last 4 digits of the deceased’s Social Security number, their account number or the amount of their most recent payment can cancel a deceased’s account. However, accessing that account will be more difficult.  If you want access but do not know the password that was used by the [...]...
• When I Go Away: Getting Your Digital Affairs in Order I just read an article which talks about the need to leave information about your online accounts so your heirs will know what they have to deal with after you die. It’s well worth reading for the information it provides. What it doesn’t tell you is exactly what you have to do to close out [...]...

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