One may cancel a will in two ways by;

• Making another will
• By writing to declare that the original will is cancelled
• By marriage. Once one gets married, the will that was made before that marriage is automatically cancelled.

• Make more than one copy of the will to avoid forgery of it.
• The will can be kept by anyone who he/she trusts including lawyers, a bank, an insurance company, a close friend, a LC official, an elder, a relative, a religious leader, friend among others.
• A person with whom a will is kept should make it known immediately upon the death of the testator.

The law of succession involves the management of the property of a deceased person. There are two ways to deal with a deceased person’s property depending on whether at death they had left a will or not.

The authority given to an executor/executrix (a person named in the will to distribute the property) is called a grant of probate

The authority given to an administrator (person given authority to distribute the property of a person who died without a will) is called letters of administration.