The final months of 2019 saw decisions that were as impactful as they were instructive. Addressed to digital assets, revocation of wills, the statute of limitations and fiduciary discretion, these decisions are discussed below.

Discovery of Digital Assets Curtailed

The December 2019 column addressed the all-too significant issues surrounding the discovery of digital assets when it reported on the decision of the Surrogate’s Court, Suffolk County in In re Murray, N.Y.L.J., Oct. 7, 2019, at 27. Of equal import and consistent with the result in Murray is the opinion by the Surrogate’s Court, Westchester County in In re Paragon, N.Y.L.J., Dec. 10, 2019, at 25.