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Minimum age for making a will

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Part 2Capacity and Formal Requirements
Division 1Capacity

7 Minimum age for making a will

A will made by a minor is not valid.

Despite subsection (1) – a minor may make a will in contemplation of marriage (and may alter or revoke such a will) but the will is of no effect if the marriage contemplated does not take place; and a minor who is married may make, alter or revoke a will; and a minor who has been married may revoke the whole or any part of a will made while the minor was married or in contemplation of that marriage.

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