Can estates include digital property? Lawmakers weigh in

In estate planning, people take stock of their possessions: houses, money, heirlooms. But what about their email accounts, social media pages and family pictures on their smartphones?
Bills are pending in more than a dozen states, including Alaska, aimed at modernizing that area of law, using legislation proposed by the national Uniform Law Commission.
Ben Orzeske is chief counsel with the commission, a nonpartisan organization that works on uniformity of state laws.
He says work on the digital