(3) By subsequent marriage of the testator followed by the birth, adoption, or legitimation of a child by the testator provided the child or the child’s descendant survives the testator and all wills executed before the marriage shall be revoked or (2) By burning, cancelling, tearing, or obliterating the will, by the testator, or by some other person in the testator’s presence and by the testator’s express direction and consent (ii) Expressly republishes an earlier will that had been revoked by an intermediate will but is still in existence (i) Revokes any prior will or part of it either expressly or by necessary implication or (1) By provision in a subsequent, validly executed will that: (b) A will may be revoked under the following circumstances: (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a will, or any part of it, may not be revoked in any manner. The Estates & Trusts Article of the Maryland Code Section 4-105 provides: If you were a lawyer, you would have just malpracticed. You sign it in front of 2 witnesses and even have it notarized. You prepare a written document revoking the 2016 Will. Seeing no need to do a new Will, all you have to do is revoke the 2016 Will. You know that if you die without a Will your estate will be divided equally among your 3 children and because you have reconciled with your 3d child, that’s what you want. You know you have the original somewhere but you haven’t been able to find it. You had a lawyer prepare and you signed your Will in 2016 leaving your estate to only 2 of your 3 children. How Not to Revoke A Will – An Example of How the Will Statutes Can Be a Trap for the Unwary
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