(1) If, after making a will,
the testator's marriage or domestic partnership is dissolved,
invalidated, or terminated, all provisions in the will in favor
of or granting any interest or power to the testator's former
spouse or former domestic partner are revoked, unless the will
expressly provides otherwise. Provisions affected by this
section must be interpreted, and property affected passes, as if
the former spouse or former domestic partner failed to survive
the testator, having died at the time of entry of the decree of
dissolution or declaration of invalidity. Provisions revoked by
this section are revived by the testator's remarriage to the
former spouse or reregistration of the domestic partnership with
the former domestic partner. Revocation of certain nonprobate
transfers is provided under RCW 11.07.010.
(2) This section is remedial in nature and applies to
decrees of dissolution and declarations of invalidity entered
before, on, or after January 1, 1995.
[2008 c 6 § 910; 1994 c 221 § 11.]
NOTES:
Part headings not law -- Severability -- 2008 c 6: See RCW 26.60.900 and 26.60.901.
Effective dates -- 1994 c 221: See note following RCW 11.94.070.