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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 53. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES · Chapter 4. WILLS · Article 5. REVOCATION AND REPUBLICATION

53-4-42. Express or implied revocation.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    A revocation may be express or implied.#

  2. (b)

    An express revocation occurs when the testator by writing or action expressly annuls a will. An express revocation takes effect instantly.#

  3. (c)

    An implied revocation results from the execution of a subsequent inconsistent will that does not by its terms expressly revoke the previous will. An implied revocation takes effect only when the subsequent inconsistent will becomes effective. If the subsequent inconsistent will fails to become effective from any cause, the implied revocation is not completed.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 53-4-42, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.

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