MSU Extension Discusses Authorization for Release of Electronically Stored Information

This article is one in a series of articles focusing on estate and legacy planning. Authors are Kaleena Miller, Madison-Jefferson County Extension Agent, kaleena.miller1@montana.edu and Marsha Goetting, MSU Extension Family Economics Specialist, marsha.goetting@montana.edu, E. Edwin Eck, Professor Emeritus, Allexander Blewett III School of Law, University of Montana.

In this digital age, many people keep only electronic copies of their electronic communications, namely, email messages, text messages, instant messages, and other electronic communication between private parties. Other people kee...