South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts18—Effect of marriage or registered relationship on will
(1) Subject to this
section, a will is revoked by—
(a) the
marriage of the testator; or
(b) the
testator commencing a registered relationship.
(2) A will is not
revoked by marriage if the will was made in the exercise of a power of
appointment when the real or personal property thereby appointed would not in
default of such appointment pass to the person's heir executor or
administrator, or the person entitled as the person's next of kin under
Part 5.
(3) A will made on or
after 27 February 1969 that is expressed to be made in contemplation
of marriage is not revoked by the solemnisation of the marriage contemplated.
(4) A will made on or
after 1 August 2017 that is expressed to be made in contemplation of
the registration of a relationship under the
Relationships Register Act 2016 is not revoked by the commencement of the
registered relationship contemplated.