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- Why it is important to update a will as your family ages - May 27, 2021
There are some important milestones in life when it is imperative for a person to update their will. A later-in-life second marriage certainly is one of them.
If your first marriage ended in divorce, the provisions in your will that refer to your spouse are automatically revoked, as provided by s. 17(2) of the Succession Law Reform Act. Your former spouse will no longer be your executor or trustee or even a beneficiary of your estate unless there is an explicit reference in your will to this. To read more, click here:
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