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If someone makes a last will and testament and then remarries, is it still valid?

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  Jan Meriss Alfonso Assistant at  Parklin Law Is it still valid if someone makes a last will and testament and then remarries? Yes, it's still valid if someone makes a last will and testament and then remarries. When it comes to the validity of a will, it's not the number of times you get married that matters but the number of marriages. If someone gets married again after they've made a will, their new marriage doesn't invalidate their previous one. So as long as they haven't gotten divorced or gotten annulled, they're still considered legally married to their previous spouse. In the eyes of the law This also means that when someone dies, their last will and testament made while they were still married to their previous spouse is still valid in the eyes of the law. Assuming that it was otherwise in order when they made their will, everything left to them goes to their current spouse, and everything left to the previous spouse goes to that person's estate. ...