31-5.4. Revocation by divorce or annulment; revival.
Dissolution of marriage by absolute divorce or annulment after making a will does not revoke the will of any testator but, unless otherwise specifically provided in the will, it revokes all provisions in the will in favor of the testator's former spouse or purported former spouse, including, but not by way of limitation, any provision conferring a general or special power of appointment on the former spouse or purported former spouse and any appointment of the former spouse or purported former spouse as executor, trustee, conservator, or guardian. If provisions are revoked solely by this section, they are revived by the testator's remarriage to the former spouse or purported former spouse. (1953, c. 1098, s. 6; 1977, c. 74, s. 3; 1991, c. 587, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 2 - Revocation of Will.
§ 31-5 - Rewritten and renumbered as G.S.1 by Session Laws 1953, c1098, s3.
§ 31-5.1 - Revocation of written will.
§ 31-5.2 - Revocation of nuncupative will.
§ 31-5.3 - Will not revoked by marriage; dissent from will made prior to marriage.
§ 31-5.4 - Revocation by divorce or annulment; revival.
§ 31-5.5 - After-born or after-adopted child; children born out of wedlock; effect on will.
§ 31-5.6 - No revocation by subsequent conveyance.
§ 31-5.7 - Specific provisions for revocation exclusive; effect of changes in circumstances.
§ 31-5.8 - Revival of revoked will.
§ 31-6 - Renumbered as G.S31-5.3 by Session Laws 1953, c1098, s5.
§ 31-8 - Renumbered as G.S31-5.6 by Session Laws 1953, c1098, s8.