No will or codicil, or any part thereof, shall be revoked, except: (1) By subsequent will or codicil;
(2) By some writing declaring an intention to revoke the will or codicil, and executed in the manner in which a will is required to be executed; or
Need help with a review of a will? Chat with an attorney and protect your rights.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 394.080

  • Codicil: An addition, change, or supplement to a will executed with the same formalities required for the will itself.

(3) By the person who made the will, or some person in his presence and by his direction, cutting, tearing, burning, obliterating, canceling, or destroying the will or codicil, or the signature thereto, with the intent to revoke.
Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 408, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998. — Amended
1982, Ky. Acts ch. 361, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1982. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 299, sec. 3. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1,
1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4833.