{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-estates-and-trusts-4-105","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Estates and Trusts § 4–105","heading":"","body":"(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a will, or any part of it, may not be revoked in any manner.\n(b) A will may be revoked under the following circumstances:\n(1) By provision in a subsequent, validly executed will that:\n(i) Revokes any prior will or part of it either expressly or by necessary implication; or\n(ii) Expressly republishes an earlier will that had been revoked by an intermediate will but is still in existence;\n(2) By burning, cancelling, tearing, or obliterating the will, by the testator, or by some other person in the testator’s presence and by the testator’s express direction and consent;\n(3) By subsequent marriage of the testator followed by the birth, adoption, or legitimation of a child by the testator provided the child or the child’s descendant survives the testator; and all wills executed before the marriage shall be revoked; or\n(4) By an absolute divorce of a testator and the testator’s spouse or the annulment of the marriage, either of which occurs subsequent to the execution of the testator’s will; and all provisions in the will relating to the spouse, and only those provisions, shall be revoked unless otherwise provided in the will or decree.","path":["Article - Estates and Trusts"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=get\u0026section=4-105","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:58:07Z","sha256":"fe95483c90aac658c0700ae7777450cfe1b676157d334eea37cf43300d0146cf","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-estates-and-trusts-4-104","next":"us-md/md.-code-estates-and-trusts-4-106"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}