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755 ILCS 5/4-7

(755 ILCS 5/4-7) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 4-7)

Sec. 4-7.

Revocation - revival.) (a) A will may be revoked only (1)
by burning, cancelling, tearing or obliterating it by the testator
himself or by some person in his presence and by his direction and
consent, (2) by the execution of a later will declaring the revocation,
(3) by a later will to the extent that it is inconsistent with the prior
will or (4) by the execution of an instrument declaring the revocation
and signed and attested in the manner prescribed by this Article for the
signing and attestation of a will.

(b) No will or any part thereof is revoked by any change in the
circumstances, condition or marital status of the testator, except that
dissolution of marriage or declaration of invalidity
of the marriage of the testator revokes every
legacy or interest or power of appointment given to or nomination to
fiduciary office of the testator's former spouse in a will executed
before the entry of the judgment of dissolution of marriage or declaration
of invalidity of marriage and the will
takes effect in the same manner as if the former spouse had died before
the testator.

(c) A will which is totally revoked in any manner is not revived
other than by its re-execution or by an instrument declaring the revival
and signed and attested in the manner prescribed by this Article for the
signing and attestation of a will. If a will is partially revoked by an
instrument which is itself revoked, the revoked part of the will is
revived and takes effect as if there had been no revocation.

(Source: P.A. 81-230.)