Effect of divorce on a will – Deceased Estate QLD

/Effect of divorce on a will – Deceased Estate QLD
Effect of divorce on a will – Deceased Estate QLD 2018-02-19T00:00:02+00:00

Effect of Divorce on a Will

The general rule is that a testator’s divorce revokes a disposition to his or her former spouse (as well as an appointment of the former spouse, as executor, trustee, advisory trustee or guardian). However, s 15(3), Succession Act enables the testator to express a contrary intention in the will. Although rarely appropriate or desired, this prospect will occasionally require discussion. Similarly, s 15A of the Act enables a registered partner to express a contrary intention to avoid revocation of gifts to, and appointments of, a former registered partner made by a will, on the termination of the registered relationship.

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