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Revising Your Estate Plan While one should review their estate plan annually, here are some key events which should ring a bell for an estate planner to revise their estate plan: Divorce  The Wills Act states that except where expressly otherwise provided, a bequest to a divorced spouse will be deemed revoked if the testator dies within three months of the divorce. This provision is to allow a divorced person a period of three months to amend their Will, after the trauma of a divorce. Should he/she fail to amend their Will within three months after their divorce, the deemed revocation rule will fall away, and the divorced spouse will benefit as indicated in the Will In addition, review beneficiary nominations on [...]