Wyoming Revocation of Will
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If someone feels that the will is not valid, they can file a petition contesting the will and asking the court to revoke it. This is known as a will contest. Under Wyoming law a will cannot be contested by anyone who chooses to. In order to object to a will, the objectant must be an interested party.
The implied revocation of a will, also known as a revocation by inconsistency, occurs when a testator, who already has a will, executes a new will which is inconsistent with the first and fails to include a provision expressly revoking the first will. The inconsistency between the wills revokes the first will.
The revocation clause is almost always the first clause of a Will and it is also one of the document's most important clauses. The effect of the clause is usually to revoke all former Wills made in all jurisdictions and it generally reads as follows: ?I revoke all my earlier testamentary dispositions?.
Express Revocation of Will Format: ?I declare this will to be my last will and testament, and I revoke all prior wills and codicils.? With implied revocation, there are no declarations within the will or codicil about your intention to make all prior wills and codicils null and void.
It's important to note that utilizing a codicil to make minor changes to a will, such as modifying the executor, does not automatically revoke the entire will. However, in certain states, a codicil can serve to republish or revoke a will.
PRESUMPTION OF REVOCATION AND ITS PURPOSE UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW. Under section 6124 of the Probate Code, a ?lost will? is presumed to have been destroyed by the testator to revoke the will.
