Changing or Revoking a Will
K.S.A. 59-611 — a new will, a signed and witnessed writing, or destroying it meaning to revoke
- By another will in writing.
- By another writing declaring the revocation or change, signed with the same formalities a will needs.
- By burning, tearing, canceling, obliterating or destroying it meaning to revoke it, by the maker or by someone else in the maker's presence at their direction.
Who handles this in Kansas: legal aid programs, lawyer referral and the state offices, listed in the Kansas directory.
Apart from the one exception the law makes in the section before it, a written will is revoked or altered in no other way.
Sources for this section (1)
- K.S.A. 59-611 — Manner of revocation
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Kansas attorney.