{"id":1171137,"date":"2020-02-18T14:21:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T19:21:24","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-07-17T13:00:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T17:00:36","slug":"quand-devrais-je-modifier-mon-testament","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/stepstojustice.ca\/fr\/questions\/wills-and-powers-of-attorney\/quand-devrais-je-modifier-mon-testament\/","title":{"rendered":"Quand devrais-je modifier mon testament?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Id\u00e9alement, il faut revoir votre testament apr\u00e8s quelques ann\u00e9es pour d\u00e9terminer s&#8217;il doit \u00eatre modifi\u00e9. Votre situation ou la loi peuvent avoir chang\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Par exemple, il est tr\u00e8s important de le revoir si\u00a0:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>vous avez v\u00e9cu un grand changement, comme\u00a0:\n<ul>\n<li>un mariage, une s\u00e9paration ou un divorce;<\/li>\n<li>le d\u00e9but d&#8217;une union de fait;<\/li>\n<li>l&#8217;arriv\u00e9e d&#8217;un enfant;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>votre situation financi\u00e8re a beaucoup chang\u00e9;<\/li>\n<li>le fiduciaire de votre succession est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 ou sa situation a chang\u00e9;<\/li>\n<li>vous voulez ajouter ou retirer un b\u00e9n\u00e9ficiaire;<\/li>\n<li>vous d\u00e9m\u00e9nagez dans une autre province ou un territoire.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Relisez votre testament pour vous assurer qu&#8217;il correspond toujours \u00e0 ce que vous voulez. V\u00e9rifiez aussi s&#8217;il tient compte de vos biens et dettes actuels. Si ce n&#8217;est pas le cas, vous devriez le modifier.<\/p>\n<p>Vous ne pouvez <strong>pas toujours<\/strong> modifier un testament sign\u00e9 en \u00e9crivant directement dessus. Il y a des r\u00e8gles strictes \u00e0 respecter pour que le changement soit valide.<\/p>\n<p>En cas d&#8217;erreur, le tribunal devra peut-\u00eatre d\u00e9terminer si le testament est valide, un processus qui peut \u00eatre long et co\u00fbteux.<\/p>\n<p>G\u00e9n\u00e9ralement, le meilleur moyen de modifier un testament est de pr\u00e9parer\u00a0:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>un codicille, ou<\/li>\n<li>un <a href=\"\/fr\/questions\/wills-and-powers-of-attorney\/quels-sont-les-points-a-considerer-pour-faire-mon-testament\/\">nouveau testament<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Un <strong>codicille<\/strong> est un document juridique distinct pr\u00e9par\u00e9 de la m\u00eame fa\u00e7on qu&#8217;un testament, habituellement pour modifier l\u00e9g\u00e8rement un testament. Par exemple, on peut en produire un pour ajouter ou retirer un b\u00e9n\u00e9ficiaire ou encore pour modifier le montant l\u00e9gu\u00e9 \u00e0 quelqu&#8217;un.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black;\"><div class=\"resource-shortcode\"><a class=\"resource-box resource-shortcode bordered on-site default-pathway has-image\" href=\"https:\/\/stepstojustice.ca\/fr\/guided-pathways\/preparer-un-testament\/\" data-id= 1192352 data-type=\"guided-pathway\"><div class=\"img-box\" ><img src = \"https:\/\/stepstojustice.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/gp-icons.png\" alt = \"Parcours guid\u00e9 pour r\u00e9diger un testament\" ><\/div ><div class=\"text-box\"><div class=\"title-box\" style=\"padding-left:0px\" ><p class=\"resource-title\">Parcours guid\u00e9 pour r\u00e9diger un testament<\/p><p class=\"author\">CLEO<\/p><\/div><p>R\u00e9digez un testament simple et nommez un ex\u00e9cuteur testamentaire.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Mentalement capable<\/h3>\n<p>Vous pouvez modifier votre testament n&#8217;importe quand, \u00e0 condition d&#8217;\u00eatre mentalement capable. Autrement dit, vous devez\u00a0:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>savoir pourquoi vous r\u00e9digez un testament et comprendre les cons\u00e9quences de ce document;<\/li>\n<li>conna\u00eetre la valeur de vos biens;<\/li>\n<li>d\u00e9terminer qui, parmi vos personnes \u00e0 charge, d\u00e9signer comme b\u00e9n\u00e9ficiaires et savoir que des gens peuvent \u00eatre m\u00e9contents si vous ne leur l\u00e9guez rien.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Votre testament peut \u00eatre contest\u00e9 si vous n&#8217;\u00eates pas mentalement capable au moment de sa r\u00e9daction ou s&#8217;il ne mentionne aucune de vos personnes \u00e0 charge.<\/p>\n<h3>Demander de l&#8217;assistance juridique<\/h3>\n<p>Vous feriez bien de <a href=\"\/fr\/questions\/help-lawyers-and-paralegals\/comment-faire-pour-trouver-un-avocat-ou-un-parajuriste-qui-peut\/\">parler \u00e0 un sp\u00e9cialiste en droit successoral<\/a> si vous songez \u00e0 modifier votre testament ou \u00e0 en faire un nouveau. Cette personne pourra vous expliquer dans quels cas vous devez faire un nouveau testament et ce qui pourrait arriver si vous ne le faites pas.<\/p>\n<p>Si votre succession est imposante ou complexe, vous feriez mieux de parler \u00e0 un conseiller financier et \u00e0 un sp\u00e9cialiste en droit successoral.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"template":"","legal-topic":[42152,42449,42450],"class_list":["post-1171137","questions","type-questions","status-publish","hentry","legal-topic-wills-and-powers-of-attorney","legal-topic-wills","legal-topic-make-will"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.9 (Yoast SEO v23.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Quand devrais-je modifier mon testament? - Justice pas-\u00e0-pas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Id\u00e9alement, il faut revoir votre testament apr\u00e8s quelques ann\u00e9es pour d\u00e9terminer s&#039;il doit \u00eatre modifi\u00e9. 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