Our firm often gets questions about San Diego law regarding revoking a will. In this video, trust and probate litigation attorney Scott Grossman lays out the facts by describing a typical scenario in which your parent started out by writing a will. Later, your mom or dad wrote a second will, and in that will, he or she revoked the first one. But the twist is that later, your parent made another will. This third will specifically says it revokes the second, most recent one, but what about the first will?
Under California law, the prior wills are revoked, and only the third, most recent, will applies.
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