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In Alberta, new legislation was passed on February 1, 2012 with sweeping changes to how marriage and divorce affects your will. 

It used to be that entering into a marriage or an Adult Interdependent Partner Agreement revoked any existing will.  Under the new legislation, these events do not revoke an existing will.  However, if you do not change your will to include your new spouse, you could have trouble looming after your death with a claim on your estate by your spouse (that’s for another article…).

In Saskatchewan, it is still the case that entering into a marriage or into …