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Chapter 12

Digital Estate

Build an organized inventory and disposition plan for important accounts, subscriptions, and safe access-instruction locations.

Record where access instructions are kept—not passwords, private keys, seed phrases, recovery codes, security answers, MFA secrets, or authentication tokens.

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What makes up 64% readiness?

Not Applicable leaves the denominator. Review Later stays applicable and incomplete.

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6applicable
0excluded
2remaining
Top gapsReview Social profile.Review Digital wallet reference.
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Chapter applicability

Applicability was set during onboarding. Review Later remains incomplete; Not Applicable is excluded from readiness.

Communication
Photos / files / cloud
Social
Financial / digital assets
Subscriptions
Websites / business
Devices / security

Household overview

Digital overview and important accounts

See who or what each record concerns, where supporting information can be found, and what needs review.

primary emailconfirmed

Primary household email

Owner
Jordan Maple
Account identifier hint
Jordan's personal email
Recorded preference
Keep active
Legacy contact
Taylor Stone
Responsible person
Taylor Stone
Formal platform legacy contact
unknown
Access instruction location
Home safe envelope reference
Survivor workflow
not started
Estate documents
Maple household will
Last reviewed
2026-06-22
family photo libraryreviewed

Cloud photo library

Owner
Jordan Maple, Casey Maple
Recorded preference
Preserve / archive
Legacy contact
Taylor Stone
Responsible person
Taylor Stone
Formal platform legacy contact
not supported
Recurring service
Yes
Estimated recurring amount
$10
Billing frequency
monthly
Renewal date
2026-09-05
Access instruction location
Digital-instructions index
Survivor workflow
not started
Last reviewed
2026-07-10
social mediaunknown

Social profile

Owner
Casey Maple
Recorded preference
Memorialize
Formal platform legacy contact
review later
Survivor workflow
not started
password manager referencereviewed

Password manager reference

Owner
Jordan Maple
Recorded preference
Family decision needed
Responsible person
Taylor Stone
Access instruction location
Location recorded separately
Survivor workflow
instructions located
Estate documents
Maple household will
Last reviewed
2026-08-01
digital wallet referencedeferred

Digital wallet reference

Owner
Jordan Maple
Recorded preference
Unknown / review later
Access instruction location
Household digital-assets index; no private keys stored
Survivor workflow
not started
streaming subscriptionreviewed

Fictional Family Streaming

Owner
Casey Maple
Recorded preference
Cancel subscription
Responsible person
Taylor Stone
Recurring service
Yes
Estimated recurring amount
$15
Billing frequency
monthly
Renewal date
2026-09-14
Survivor workflow
not started

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Manage digital accounts and recorded preferences

6important accounts recorded
2legacy contacts recorded
2recurring services identified
6disposition preferences
2accounts needing review

Digital continuity guidance

Record preferences and safe locations—not authority or credentials

Digital legacy contact
Password manager
Cloud storage
Memorialization
Subscription cancellation
Domain ownership
Crypto instructions
Family photos

Know what to do next

Recommended next steps

Recommendation controls are reversible and do not change readiness.

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Confirm primary-email disposition

Review the recorded preference and responsible person.

Why this appeared
Primary email is critical to the household handoff.
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Confirm the family photo preservation plan

Review transfer, archive, and subscription continuity.

Why this appeared
The photo library has recurring service and preservation references.
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Review recurring subscriptions

Confirm which services should remain active or be reviewed later.

Why this appeared
Recorded recurring services need a survivor action.
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Record safe instruction locations

Note where instructions are kept—not credentials.

Why this appeared
A digital record still lacks a safe instruction location.

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Planstead — Digital estate review

Review owners, recorded preferences, responsible people, subscriptions, and safe instruction locations; never include credentials.