South Australian Numbered Acts

SUCCESSION ACT 2023 (NO 30 OF 2023) - SECT 18

18—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

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        (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.