Colorado § 15-11-508 - Revocation by change of circumstances.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 15-11-508 — Revocation by change of circumstances., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 15-11-508. Revocation by change of circumstances.
Except as provided in sections 15-11-803 and 15-11-804, a change of circumstances does not revoke a will or any part of it.
Source: L. 94: Entire part R&RE, p. 1001, § 3, effective July 1, 1995.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 15-11-508 as it existed prior to 1995.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For article, "Dissolution of Marriage and Estate Planning Issues", see 18 Colo. Law. 439 (1989).
New probate code inapplicable to will automatically revoked by statute. Where decedent's will was automatically revoked by operation of statute that was in effect at the time of decedent's marriage, the new probate code did not apply to will of decedent even though he died after 1974. Phillips v. Liechty, 674 P.2d 1001 (Colo. App. 1983).
Applied in Wimbush v. Wimbush, 41 Colo. App. 289, 587 P.2d 796 (1978).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 15-11-508 ("Revocation by change of circumstances.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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