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Kentucky Revised Statutes · § 394.080 — Revocation of will -- How effected

394.080. Revocation of will -- How effected

No will or codicil, or any part thereof, shall be revoked, except:

(1) By subsequent will or codicil;

(2) By some writing declaring an intention to revoke the will or codicil, and executed in the manner in which a will is required to be executed; or

(3) By the person who made the will, or some person in his presence and by his direction, cutting, tearing, burning, obliterating, canceling, or destroying the will or codicil, or the signature thereto, with the intent to revoke.

Source notes

Effective: July 15, 1998

History and annotations

Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 408, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1982, Ky. Acts ch. 361, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 299, sec. 3. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4833.

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