Except as provided by sections 45a-257a to 45a-257d, inclusive, a will or codicil shall not be revoked in any other manner except by burning, cancelling, tearing or obliterating it by the testator or by some person in the testator's presence by the testator's direction, or by a later will or codicil.

(1949 Rev., S. 6956; 1967, P.A. 265; P.A. 73-373, S. 45; P.A. 75-233, S. 11; P.A. 77-17; P.A. 79-569, S. 1; P.A. 80-476, S. 233; P.A. 96-95, S. 4; 96-202, S. 12.)

History: 1967 act applied provisions to testators divorced after making a will and specified that revocation by divorce is effective only with respect to wills executed on and after October 1, 1967; P.A. 73-373 added references to dissolution of marriage; P.A. 75-233 added reference to children born as a result of A.I.D. and made previous provisions Subsec. (b), inserting new Subsec. (a); P.A. 77-17 applied provisions to annulled marriages in Subsec. (b); P.A. 79-569 added proviso in Subsec. (b) whereby divorce or annulment or dissolution of marriage does not revoke will if testator's spouse was not a beneficiary; P.A. 80-476 deleted former Subsec. (a) whereby terms such as “child”, “issue”, “heir”, “descendant” etc. deemed to include children born as result of A.I.D., effective with respect to wills, etc. issued on or after October 1, 1975, designated former Subsec. (b) as Subsecs. (a) and (b) and rephrased provisions; Sec. 45-162 transferred to Sec. 45a-257 in 1991; P.A. 96-95 deleted former Subsec. (a) re implied revocation of will by marriage, divorce, annulment, dissolution, birth or adoption and amended former Subsec. (b) by adding references to Secs. 45a-257a to 45a-257d, inclusive; P.A. 96-202 changed effective date of P.A. 96-95 from October 1, 1996, to January 1, 1997.