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.
Emergency binder: free template
A printable PDF and what belongs in it.
Brokerage accounts after a death
Trade Republic, Scalable and other German neobrokers.
Digital estate
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
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