2000 Minnesota Statutes

     524.2-804 Revocation by dissolution of marriage; no 
  revocation by other changes of circumstances. 

    If after executing a will the testator's marriage is 
 dissolved or annulled, the dissolution or annulment revokes any 
 disposition or appointment of property made by the will to the 
 former spouse, any provision conferring a general or special 
 power of appointment on the former spouse, and any nomination of 
 the former spouse as executor, trustee, conservator, or 
 guardian, unless the will expressly provides otherwise.  
 Property prevented from passing to a former spouse because of 
 revocation by dissolution of marriage or annulment passes as if 
 the former spouse failed to survive the decedent, and other 
 provisions conferring some power or office on the former spouse 
 are interpreted as if the spouse failed to survive the 
 decedent.  If provisions are revoked solely by this section, 
 they are revived by testator's remarriage to the former spouse.  
 For purposes of this chapter and chapter 525, dissolution of 
 marriage includes divorce.  A decree of separation which does 
 not terminate the status of husband and wife is not a 
 dissolution of marriage for purposes of this section.  No change 
 of circumstances other than as described in this section revokes 
 a will. 

    HIST: 1995 c 130 s 13