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Wills, Estates & Trusts,
Probate

Oct. 15, 2025

California fixes its digital asset blind spot

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Scott P. Schomer

Trust and Estate Attorney and Founder of Schomer Estate & Wealth Advisors

2155 Campus Drive, Suite 250
El Segundo , CA 90245

Phone: (310) 337-7696

Email: scott@schomerlaw.com

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California fixes its digital asset blind spot

You've heard the stories, and they are all too real. A San Francisco engineer sits before a hard drive containing hundreds of millions in Bitcoin, with only two password attempts left before it erases itself forever. A grieving husband pleads with Apple to unlock his late wife's iCloud account so he can recover their family photographs, only to spend months battling in court while the images remain locked away. Parents who lost their teenage daughter in an accident are told that Fa...

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