Why your social media accounts should not be ignored when you make your Will

By Anna Hacker (AUT Legal Services Pty Ltd), Accredited Specialist – Wills & Estates, National Manager, Estate Planning, Australian Unity Trustees Ltd.

Social media accounts live on after their creators die, and their existence can create uncertainty for estate executors as well as distress for family members.

Digital footprints on death are an issue of growing importance as social media usage proliferates – not just with generation Z and millennials but more and more with older generations as well.