633.271  Effect of divorce or dissolution.

If after making a will the testator is divorced or the marriage is dissolved, all provisions in the will in favor of the testator's spouse, including but not limited to dispositions, appointments relating to property, and nominations to serve in any fiduciary or representative capacity, are thereby revoked. In the event the testator and spouse remarry each other, the provisions of the will revoked by the divorce or dissolution of marriage shall be reinstated unless otherwise revoked by the testator.

Section History: Early form

  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 633.271]

Section History: Recent form

  2000 Acts, ch 1150, §3


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