Publications
Effect of Divorce on Wills, Final Report 72
In Alberta, divorce has no effect on a will made during marriage. If a person has made a will that leaves everything to their spouse, the will is not automatically revoked or otherwise affected by a subsequent divorce. If the person who made the will dies without changing their will or remarrying, everything would go to their former spouse in accordance with the pre-divorce will. In many Canadian and foreign jurisdictions the result would be […]
AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession Family Law Marriage & Divorce |
TAGS | complete, partial, revocation, dissolution, divorce, marriage, testator, will |
FORMAT | Publications |
FILE | fr072.pdf |
November 1, 1994