Everything below is built into the private app, with the limits stated in each card. The document
steps have been tested in code but not yet used on a real document. What isn't built yet is listed
further down.
Being named isn't the same as being able to act
Under Florida's general rules, an executor (Florida says “personal representative”) acts only
after a court appoints them, a power of attorney ends at death, and a successor trustee needs no
court appointment. For each person you name, PlanAlways shows whether those rules would let them
act right now, based on what you've recorded, and why not if they can't. It doesn't read a
document's own terms or check that it was properly signed and witnessed.
Your documents are encrypted before they leave your device
Your will, trust and powers of attorney are encrypted in your browser before they're uploaded, so
storage holds only scrambled copies. The key that opens them is held by the PlanAlways server,
which checks each file as it arrives. This is not end-to-end encryption: whoever runs the server
could open them.
Nothing can be overwritten or deleted from inside PlanAlways. A newer copy becomes a new version,
and if a stored copy were removed or changed, the next check would show it. Each time you open a
document in PlanAlways, a receipt with your reason is saved first. What's stored is a faithful
copy, not the original, so keep your signed originals safe.
A report is not proof
PlanAlways can't yet take a report of a death (see “Not built yet”). The rule for when one is
recorded is already in the database: the people, roles and documents in the plan can no longer be
edited, and nothing is released to anyone.
No AI decides anything here, and PlanAlways never decides that someone has died or gives anyone
authority. Whether a named person could act is worked out by fixed, written rules that give the
same answer every time. A lawyer has not yet reviewed them.
Signing in reaches nothing on its own
Having an account doesn't open anyone's plan. Each person is admitted explicitly, one at a time.
Inside PlanAlways, only the plan's owner can open its documents.