26                                     LAWS OF MARYLAND                             [CH. 3

SUBTITLE IV

WILLS
Part 1—Execution; Revocation; Revival.

4-1 01. Who may make a will.

Any person may make a will if he is eighteen years of age or older,
and legally competent to make a will.

4-102. Execution—General.

Except as provided in Sections 4-103 and 4-104., every will shall be
(i) in writing, (ii) signed by the testator, or by some other person
for him, in his presence and by his express direction, and (iii)
attested and signed by two or more credible witnesses in the presence
of the testator.

4-103. Execution—holographic will.

A will which is entirely in the handwriting of a testator who is
serving in the armed services of the United States and signed by him
shall be valid as a holographic will despite the absence of attesting
witnesses if the testator makes such will at a place other than any of
the States of the United States or the District of Columbia. Such
will shall, however, be void after one year from the testator's dis-
charge from the armed services unless the testator has died or does
not then possess testamentary capacity.

4-104. Execution—will made outside Maryland.

A will executed outside this State shall be deemed to be properly
executed if it is (i) in writing, (ii) signed by the testator, and (iii)
executed in conformity with the provisions of Section 4-102, or the
law of the testator's domicile, or the place where the will is executed.

4-105. Revocation of will.

No will, or any part thereof, shall be revoked otherwise than as
provided herein:

(a)    Subsequent will. By provision in a subsequent, validly execu-
ted will which (1) revokes such prior will or part thereof either
expressly or by necessary implication, or (2) expressly republishes
an earlier will that had been revoked by an intermediate will but is
still in existence.

(b)    Destruction. By burning, cancelling, tearing or obliterating
the same, by the testator himself, or by some other person in his
presence and by his express direction and consent; or

(c)    Subsequent marriage and issue. By the subsequent marriage
of the testator followed by the birth, adoption or legitimation of a
child by him, provided such child or a descendant thereof survives the
testator; and all wills executed prior to such marriage shall be
revoked; or

(d)    Divorce. By a divorce a vinculo matrimonii of a testator
and his spouse, granted subsequent to the execution of the testator's