Guides

Guides: estates, digital and otherwise.

Everything we have learned about provision and inheritance — in plain language, without legalese, with a source for every legal claim. Nothing designed to frighten you. Only things you can get done.

Basics

What is a digital estate?
The starting point: what it covers and why it matters.
Digital legacy checklist
The essentials, in a list you can tick off.
Printable form (PDF)
For people who prefer paper and a pen.

Digital estate

Digital estate: the complete guide
The law, what providers actually do, an eight-step plan.
Best digital legacy app
What these services can do — and what they cannot.

Wills & provision

Digital wills: what actually counts
Why no file on a computer is a valid will in Germany.
Wills: form, notary, common mistakes
§ 2247 BGB, notary costs, the five mistakes that void a will.
Power of attorney
The case almost nobody plans for: alive but unable to act.
Advance healthcare directive
Specific wording, or it will not be followed.
Long-term care: the likeliest case
Care levels, parental maintenance and the ten-year gift trap.
Executors
Appointment, powers, duties and personal liability.
Community of heirs
Why co-heirs deadlock — and what prevents it.

Accounts & contracts

Cancelling contracts and subscriptions
What ends automatically, what must be cancelled — with a template letter.
The phone is locked — what now?
Legacy contacts, Google's tools, and the court route.

Crypto

Inheriting crypto
Passing on a seed phrase safely, without losing it.

For the bereaved

After a death: the first 72 hours
A calm checklist for the days when nothing feels manageable.

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