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Chapter IHTM12074

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Vincent
Published date20 March 2016
Record NumberIHTM12074
CourtHM Revenue & Customs
IssuerHM Revenue & Customs

In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, it is still a general rule that marriage automatically revokes a Will.

S18 (1) Administration of Justice Act 1982 replaces S18 of the Wills Act 1837, which provides that a Will made on or after 1 January 1983 is no longer revoked by marriage if at the time the Will was made

  • the testator or testatrix (IHTM12001) was expecting to marry a particular person, and
  • they did not intend to revoke their Will by the subsequent marriage to that person.

The equivalent provision applying to Wills made in Northern Ireland on or after 1 January 1983 is the Wills and Administration Proceedings (NI) Order 1994.

The formation of a civil partnership (IHTM11032) will generally revoke a Will. But, as with marriages, if it appears from a Will that the testator was expecting to form a...

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