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title: "Record which revocation path the file describes"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/trusts-and-estate-planning/record-the-ways-a-will-may-be-revoked/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A19-JU20261022-17-US"
practice_area: "Trusts & Estate Planning"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Record which revocation path the file describes

> The rule is state law, and the lawyer must confirm which state's law governs. For example, Florida Statutes s 732.505 and s 732.506 state revocation by a later writing and by a physical act.…

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Trusts & Estate Planning](https://ailawframework.com/practice/trusts-and-estate-planning.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | The rule is state law, and the lawyer must confirm which state's law governs. For example, Florida Statutes s 732.505 and s 732.506 state revocation by a later writing and by a physical act. From the file, list a later will or codicil, a later writing, or a described physical act, with its date. Do not decide that the earlier will is revoked. |
| What the lawyer must review | The rule is state law, and the lawyer must confirm which state's law governs. For example, Florida Statutes s 732.505 revokes a will or codicil, or part of it, by a subsequent inconsistent will or codicil, but only so far as the inconsistency, or by a subsequent will, codicil, or other writing executed with the formalities required for a will and declaring the revocation. Section 732.506 revokes a will or codicil, other than an electronic will, if the testator, or another person in the testator's presence and at the testator's direction, burns, tears, cancels, defaces, obliterates, or destroys it with the intent and for the purpose of revocation. An electronic will or codicil is revoked by deleting, canceling, rendering unreadable, or obliterating it, with that intent, proved by clear and convincing evidence. The tool lists the document or act the file describes. It does not decide that the will is revoked. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Record the ways a will may be revoked](https://ailawframework.com/practice/trusts-and-estate-planning/record-the-ways-a-will-may-be-revoked.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: The rule is state law, and the lawyer must confirm which state's law governs. For example, Florida Statutes s 732.505 and s 732.506 state revocation by a later writing and by a physical act. From the file, list a later will or codicil, a later writing, or a described physical act, with its date. Do not decide that the earlier will is revoked.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Wills, intestacy and probate are state law; confirm the governing state before relying on this.
- The Florida example is 2025 Florida Statutes text. The Senate site says the text is unverified. Another state's statute was not opened.
- An inconsistent later will revokes only so far as the inconsistency. Do not decide intent from a physical mark.

## Sources

- [Florida Statutes section 732.505, Revocation by writing](https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/732.505) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [Florida Statutes section 732.506, Revocation by act](https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/732.506) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*