MHHS · Wills and Succession Act
Part 2 — Wills Interpretation and Application of Part 2
23 Revocation of a will
(a) the testator making another will,
(b) the testator making, in accordance with the provisions of
this Part governing the making of a will, a writing that
declares an intention to revoke the earlier will,
(c) the testator burning, tearing or otherwise destroying the will
with the intention of revoking it, or
(d) the testator having another individual burn, tear or other wise
destroy the will in the testator's presence, at the direction of
the testator given with the intention of revoking the will.
(2) No will or part of a will, regardless of when it was made, is
revoked by
(a) a marriage of the testator that occurs on or after February 1,
2012,
(b) the testator's entering int o, on or after February 1, 2012, an
adult interdependent partner agreement as defined in section
1(1)(b) of the Adult Interdependent Relationships Act, or
(c) any other change in circums tances of the testator, except to
the extent that section 25(1) applies.
(3) The revocation of a will does not revive any earlier will.
2010 cW-12.2 s23;2014 c13 s13