A Guide to Our Revocation Of A Living Will

by Kate Mccormick - Solicitor

Our guide to a revocation of a living will gives you step by step instructions to filling out the document and may also make you aware of any other information you may need to use to do this.

A Guide to Our Revocation of a Living Will

This Revocation of a Living Will allows someone who has made a validly executed Living Will to cancel that Living Will so that it is no longer enforceable. This may be necessary if the person who made the Will wants to change its provisions or simply doesn’t want a Living Will any more.

Clauses in this Revocation of a Living Will

Cover Page – You should insert the name of the Testator in the square brackets.

In the first paragraph, the information in square brackets should be inserted about the Living Will to be revoked, including the date that it was entered into and the name and address of the Testator.

Signature – as this document is a Deed it needs to be signed by the Testator in front of two witnesses, who should not be a member of the Testator’s family and who must also sign the document.
You will need to enter your name and that of the witnesses and then all sign the document above your signatures. You should then date the Deed on the cover page and at the top of Page 1.

Copies of the signed and witnessed Deed of Revocation must be given to the Executors. We recommend that you make copies for this purpose and keep the original somewhere safe such as a Solicitor's deeds storage facility.