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WILLS ACT - SECT 7

Minimum age for making will

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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