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Legal Terms - dependent relative revocation
The theory that a testator's revoked will may still be valid if he does so out of false belief that a specific outcome will occur or that a specific set of facts exist when they do not. For instance, a testator's destroyed will will not be deemed canceled if the testator destroyed it under the false impression that doing so would resurrect a previous will. A testator may also revoke his will with the intention of making a new one; in this case, the revoked will is nonetheless enforceable even if the testator goes on to write no new will or an invalid
The theory that a testator's revoked will may still be valid if he does so out of false belief that a specific outcome will occur or that a specific set of facts exist when they do not. For instance, a testator's destroyed will will not be deemed canceled if the testator destroyed it under the false impression that doing so would resurrect a previous will. A testator may also revoke his will with the intention of making a new one; in this case, the revoked will is nonetheless enforceable even if the testator goes on to write no new will or an invalid
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