A. If, after making a will, the testator is divorced from the bond of matrimony or his marriage is annulled, the divorce or annulment revokes any disposition or appointment of property made by the will to the former spouse. Unless the will expressly provides otherwise, any provision conferring a general or special power of appointment on the former spouse or nominating the former spouse as executor, trustee, conservator, or guardian is also revoked.

B. Property prevented from passing to a former spouse because of revocation pursuant to this section shall pass as if the former spouse failed to survive the testator. Provisions of a will conferring a power or office on the former spouse shall be interpreted as if the former spouse failed to survive the testator.

C. If the provisions of the will are revoked solely pursuant to this section, and there is no subsequent will or inconsistent codicil, the provisions shall be revived upon the testator’s remarriage to the former spouse.

D. Except as provided in this section, no change of circumstances shall be deemed to revoke a will.

History

1968, c. 656, § 64.1-59; 1985, c. 429; 2012, c. 614.