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                Mary called after her husband, John had died.   She had questions about his will and his 401k.   Mary was John’s second wife and he had two daughters from his first marriage.  Between his first and second marriages, John had designated his daughters as the beneficiaries of his life insurance

                Last week I raised the legal issues faced by digital assets – specifically property rights.  Who owns my Facebook account after I die?  Who can access that account when I am alive but incapacitated?                 Courts are often wrestling with these issues for the first time.  State legislatures have not,