Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets and Digital Accounts

Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets and Digital Accounts

On January 1, 2015, Delaware’s new Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets and Digital Accounts statute (“FADADA”, 12 Del.C. § 5001 et.seq.) went into effect.  This statute is meant to address the difficulties that fiduciaries—trustees, guardians, executors, powers of attorney, to name a few—face when attempting to handle digital assets and accounts in connection with the performance of their duties.  Section 5002 of FADADA defines “digital accounts” and “digital assets” quite […]