Kansas Statutes

§ 59-611 — Manner of revocation

Kansas § 59-611
JurisdictionKansas
Ch. 59PROBATE CODE
Art. 6WILLS

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Bluebook
Kan. Stat. Ann. § 59-611 (2026).

Text

Except as provided in K.S.A. 59-610, no will in writing shall be revoked or altered otherwise than by some other will in writing; or by some other writing of the testator declaring such revocation or alteration and executed with the same formalities with which the will itself was required by law to be executed; or unless such will be burnt, torn, canceled, obliterated or destroyed, with the intent and for the purpose of revoking the same, by the testator himself or herself or by another person in the testator's presence by his or her direction.

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Related

In Re the Estate of Sanders
929 P.2d 153 (Supreme Court of Kansas, 1996)
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In Re the Estate of Mettee
694 P.2d 1325 (Court of Appeals of Kansas, 1985)
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In Re the Estate of Rickabaugh
358 P.3d 859 (Court of Appeals of Kansas, 2015)
4 case citations
In re Estate of Rickabaugh
(Court of Appeals of Kansas, 2015)

Legislative History

L. 1939, ch. 180, § 47; July 1.

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