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WILLS ACT - SECT 7

Minimum age for making will

    (1)     Subject to subsection (2) and Part 3, a will made by a minor is not valid.

    (2)     A minor:

        (a)     may make a will in contemplation of marriage (and may alter or revoke the will) but the will is of no effect if the marriage contemplated does not take place;

        (b)     if he or she is married – may make, alter or revoke a will; and

        (c)     if he or she has been married – may revoke the whole or any part of a will made while the minor was married or in contemplation of his or her marriage.



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