Tennessee § 32-1-201 - Actions effecting a revocation of will.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 32-1-201 — Actions effecting a revocation of will., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 32-1-201. Actions effecting a revocation of will.
A will or any part thereof is revoked by: A subsequent will, other than a nuncupative will, that revokes the prior will or part expressly or by inconsistency; Document of revocation, executed with all the formalities of an attested will or a holographic will, but not a nuncupative will, that revokes the prior will or part expressly; Being burned, torn, cancelled, obliterated or destroyed, with the intent and for the purpose of revoking it, by the testator or by another person in the testator's presence and by the testator's direction; or Both the subsequent marriage and the birth of a child of the testator, but divorce or annulment of the subsequent marriage does not revive a prior will. Acts 1985, ch. 139, § 1; 1992, ch. 951, § 8. Law Reviews. 1985 Tennessee Survey: Selected Developments in Tennessee Law, 53 Tenn. L. Rev. 373 (1986). The Revocation-Upon-Divorce Doctrine: Tennessee's Need to Adopt the Broader Uniform Probate Code Approach (Hailey H. David), 39 U. Mem. L. Rev. 383 (2009).
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 32-1-201 ("Actions effecting a revocation of will.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. 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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