December 09, 2025

Podcast Episode 337: Listen and Learn — Will Revocation

Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! In this episode, we explain the ways in which a validly executed will can be revoked (by a subsequent document, by a physical act, and by operation of law), and analyze examples illustrating these concepts.

In this episode we discuss:

The requirements for a valid will

Revocation by a subsequent document

Revocation by a physical act

Revocation by operation of law

Doctrine of dependent relative revocation

A few hypotheticals and examples

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Resources:

“Listen and Learn” series

California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, July 2021

California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, July 2012

Podcast Episode 27: Tackling and MEE Question: Wills and Trusts

Podcast Episode 326: Listen and Learn – Intestate Distribution (Wills and Trusts)

Podcast Episode 336: Listen and Learn – Will Formation and Execution

SpacedRepetition.com

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