diff --git a/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/Form.ts b/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/Form.ts
index a88b6660d84..b46331c7a9a 100644
--- a/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/Form.ts
+++ b/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/Form.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2010, 2025 BSI Business Systems Integration AG
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2026 BSI Business Systems Integration AG
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made
  * available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
  */
 import {
-  AbortKeyStroke, App, aria, AriaLabelledByInsertPosition, arrays, BusyIndicatorOptions, Button, ButtonSystemType, DialogLayout, DisabledStyle, DisplayParent, DisplayViewId, EnumObject, ErrorHandler, Event, EventHandler, FileChooser,
-  FileChooserController, FocusRule, FormController, FormEventMap, FormGrid, FormInvalidEvent, FormLayout, FormLifecycle, FormModel, FormRevealInvalidFieldEvent, GlassPaneRenderer, GroupBox, HtmlComponent, InitModelOf, KeyStroke,
-  KeyStrokeContext, MessageBox, MessageBoxController, MessageBoxes, NotificationBadgeStatus, ObjectOrChildModel, objects, Point, PopupWindow, PropertyChangeEvent, Rectangle, scout, Status, StatusOrModel, strings, tooltips, TreeVisitResult,
-  ValidationResult, webstorage, Widget, WrappedFormField
+  AbortKeyStroke, App, aria, AriaLabelledByInsertPosition, arrays, BusyIndicatorOptions, Button, ButtonSystemType, ChildModelOf, DialogLayout, DisabledStyle, DisplayParent, DisplayViewId, EnumObject, ErrorHandler, Event, EventHandler,
+  FileChooser, FileChooserController, FocusRule, FormController, FormEventMap, FormGrid, FormInvalidEvent, FormLayout, FormLifecycle, FormModel, FormRevealInvalidFieldEvent, GlassPaneRenderer, GroupBox, HtmlComponent, InitModelOf,
+  KeyStroke, KeyStrokeContext, MessageBox, MessageBoxController, MessageBoxes, ModelOf, NotificationBadgeStatus, ObjectOrChildModel, objects, Point, PopupWindow, PropertyChangeEvent, Rectangle, scout, Status, StatusOrModel, strings,
+  tooltips, TreeVisitResult, ValidationResult, webstorage, Widget, WrappedFormField
 } from '../index';
 import $ from 'jquery';
 
@@ -321,13 +321,40 @@ export class Form extends Widget implements FormModel, DisplayParent {
   }
 
   protected _createLifecycle(): FormLifecycle {
-    return scout.create(FormLifecycle, {
-      widget: this,
+    // already created
+    if (this.lifecycle instanceof FormLifecycle) {
+      return this.lifecycle;
+    }
+
+    const defaultModel: ModelOf<FormLifecycle> = {
       askIfNeedSave: this.askIfNeedSave,
+      askIfNeedSaveText: this.askIfNeedSaveText,
       emptyMandatoryElementsText: this.emptyMandatoryElementsText,
       invalidElementsErrorText: this.invalidElementsErrorText,
-      invalidElementsWarningText: this.invalidElementsWarningText,
-      askIfNeedSaveText: this.askIfNeedSaveText
+      invalidElementsWarningText: this.invalidElementsWarningText
+    };
+
+    // object type
+    if (typeof this.lifecycle === 'string' || typeof this.lifecycle === 'function') {
+      return scout.create(this.lifecycle, {
+        ...defaultModel,
+        widget: this
+      });
+    }
+
+    // child model
+    if (objects.isPojo(this.lifecycle)) {
+      return scout.create({
+        objectType: FormLifecycle,
+        ...defaultModel,
+        ...this.lifecycle as ChildModelOf<FormLifecycle>,
+        widget: this
+      }) as FormLifecycle;
+    }
+
+    return scout.create(FormLifecycle, {
+      ...defaultModel,
+      widget: this
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/FormModel.ts b/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/FormModel.ts
index c479487d88f..1e6336807c9 100644
--- a/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/FormModel.ts
+++ b/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/FormModel.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2010, 2024 BSI Business Systems Integration AG
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2026 BSI Business Systems Integration AG
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made
  * available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
  */
-import {DisplayHint, DisplayParent, DisplayParentModel, DisplayViewId, Form, FormValidator, GroupBox, ObjectOrChildModel, StatusOrModel, Widget, WidgetModel} from '../index';
+import {ChildModelOf, DisplayHint, DisplayParent, DisplayParentModel, DisplayViewId, Form, FormLifecycle, FormValidator, GroupBox, ObjectOrChildModel, ObjectType, StatusOrModel, Widget, WidgetModel} from '../index';
 
 export interface FormModel extends WidgetModel, DisplayParentModel {
   /**
@@ -230,4 +230,8 @@ export interface FormModel extends WidgetModel, DisplayParentModel {
    * By default, the list is empty.
    */
   validators?: FormValidator[];
+  /**
+   * Defines the {@link FormLifecycle} for this form.
+   */
+  lifecycle?: ObjectType<FormLifecycle> | ChildModelOf<FormLifecycle>;
 }
diff --git a/eclipse-scout-core/test/form/FormSpec.ts b/eclipse-scout-core/test/form/FormSpec.ts
index a74e0dea4d6..c2914a3ac52 100644
--- a/eclipse-scout-core/test/form/FormSpec.ts
+++ b/eclipse-scout-core/test/form/FormSpec.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
  */
 import {FormSpecHelper, OutlineSpecHelper, SpecForm} from '../../src/testing/index';
 import {
-  App, CancelMenu, CloseMenu, Dimension, fields, FileChooser, Form, FormFieldMenu, FormModel, InitModelOf, MessageBox, NotificationBadgeStatus, NullWidget, NumberField, ObjectFactory, OkMenu, Outline, Page, Popup, PopupBlockerHandler,
-  Rectangle, ResetMenu, SaveMenu, scout, SearchMenu, SequenceBox, Session, SplitBox, Status, StringField, strings, TabBox, TabItem, webstorage, WidgetModel, WrappedFormField
+  App, CancelMenu, CloseMenu, Dimension, fields, FileChooser, Form, FormFieldMenu, FormLifecycle, FormModel, InitModelOf, MessageBox, NotificationBadgeStatus, NullWidget, NumberField, ObjectFactory, OkMenu, Outline, Page, Popup,
+  PopupBlockerHandler, Rectangle, ResetMenu, SaveMenu, scout, SearchMenu, SequenceBox, Session, SplitBox, Status, StringField, strings, TabBox, TabItem, webstorage, WidgetModel, WrappedFormField
 } from '../../src/index';
 import {DateField, GroupBox} from '../../src';
 
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ describe('Form', () => {
     helper = new FormSpecHelper(session);
     outlineHelper = new OutlineSpecHelper(session);
     uninstallUnloadHandlers(session);
+    session.textMap.add('FormSaveChangesQuestion', 'Do you want to save the changes?');
+    session.textMap.add('FormEmptyMandatoryFieldsMessage', 'The following fields must be filled in:');
+    session.textMap.add('FormInvalidFieldsMessage', 'The following fields are invalid:');
+    session.textMap.add('FormInvalidFieldsWarningMessage', 'The following fields have a warning:');
   });
 
   afterEach(() => {
@@ -2519,4 +2523,109 @@ describe('Form', () => {
       expect(numberField.value).toBe(null);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('lifecycle', () => {
+
+    it('is a FormLifecycle by default', () => {
+      let form = scout.create(Form, {parent: session.desktop});
+
+      expect(form.lifecycle).toBeInstanceOf(FormLifecycle);
+      expect(form.lifecycle.widget).toBe(form);
+      expect(form.lifecycle.askIfNeedSave).toBeTrue();
+      expect(form.lifecycle.askIfNeedSaveText).toBe('Do you want to save the changes?');
+      expect(form.lifecycle.emptyMandatoryElementsText).toBe('The following fields must be filled in:');
+      expect(form.lifecycle.invalidElementsErrorText).toBe('The following fields are invalid:');
+      expect(form.lifecycle.invalidElementsWarningText).toBe('The following fields have a warning:');
+
+      form = scout.create(Form, {
+        parent: session.desktop,
+        askIfNeedSave: false,
+        askIfNeedSaveText: 'lorem',
+        emptyMandatoryElementsText: 'ipsum',
+        invalidElementsErrorText: 'dolor',
+        invalidElementsWarningText: 'sit'
+      });
+
+      expect(form.lifecycle).toBeInstanceOf(FormLifecycle);
+      expect(form.lifecycle.widget).toBe(form);
+      expect(form.lifecycle.askIfNeedSave).toBeFalse();
+      expect(form.lifecycle.askIfNeedSaveText).toBe('lorem');
+      expect(form.lifecycle.emptyMandatoryElementsText).toBe('ipsum');
+      expect(form.lifecycle.invalidElementsErrorText).toBe('dolor');
+      expect(form.lifecycle.invalidElementsWarningText).toBe('sit');
+    });
+
+    it('can be passed in model as objectType', () => {
+      let form = scout.create(Form, {
+        parent: session.desktop,
+        lifecycle: SpecLifecycle
+      });
+
+      expect(form.lifecycle).toBeInstanceOf(SpecLifecycle);
+      expect(form.lifecycle.widget).toBe(form);
+      expect(form.lifecycle.askIfNeedSave).toBeTrue();
+      expect(form.lifecycle.askIfNeedSaveText).toBe('Do you want to save the changes?');
+      expect(form.lifecycle.emptyMandatoryElementsText).toBe('The following fields must be filled in:');
+      expect(form.lifecycle.invalidElementsErrorText).toBe('The following fields are invalid:');
+      expect(form.lifecycle.invalidElementsWarningText).toBe('The following fields have a warning:');
+
+      form = scout.create(Form, {
+        parent: session.desktop,
+        lifecycle: SpecLifecycle,
+        askIfNeedSave: false,
+        askIfNeedSaveText: 'lorem',
+        emptyMandatoryElementsText: 'ipsum',
+        invalidElementsErrorText: 'dolor',
+        invalidElementsWarningText: 'sit'
+      });
+
+      expect(form.lifecycle).toBeInstanceOf(SpecLifecycle);
+      expect(form.lifecycle.widget).toBe(form);
+      expect(form.lifecycle.askIfNeedSave).toBeFalse();
+      expect(form.lifecycle.askIfNeedSaveText).toBe('lorem');
+      expect(form.lifecycle.emptyMandatoryElementsText).toBe('ipsum');
+      expect(form.lifecycle.invalidElementsErrorText).toBe('dolor');
+      expect(form.lifecycle.invalidElementsWarningText).toBe('sit');
+    });
+
+    it('can be passed in model as child model', () => {
+      let form = scout.create(Form, {
+        parent: session.desktop,
+        lifecycle: {
+          objectType: SpecLifecycle
+        }
+      });
+
+      expect(form.lifecycle).toBeInstanceOf(SpecLifecycle);
+      expect(form.lifecycle.widget).toBe(form);
+      expect(form.lifecycle.askIfNeedSave).toBeTrue();
+      expect(form.lifecycle.askIfNeedSaveText).toBe('Do you want to save the changes?');
+      expect(form.lifecycle.emptyMandatoryElementsText).toBe('The following fields must be filled in:');
+      expect(form.lifecycle.invalidElementsErrorText).toBe('The following fields are invalid:');
+      expect(form.lifecycle.invalidElementsWarningText).toBe('The following fields have a warning:');
+
+      form = scout.create(Form, {
+        parent: session.desktop,
+        lifecycle: {
+          objectType: SpecLifecycle,
+          askIfNeedSave: false,
+          askIfNeedSaveText: 'lorem',
+          emptyMandatoryElementsText: 'ipsum',
+          invalidElementsErrorText: 'dolor',
+          invalidElementsWarningText: 'sit'
+        }
+      });
+
+      expect(form.lifecycle).toBeInstanceOf(SpecLifecycle);
+      expect(form.lifecycle.widget).toBe(form);
+      expect(form.lifecycle.askIfNeedSave).toBeFalse();
+      expect(form.lifecycle.askIfNeedSaveText).toBe('lorem');
+      expect(form.lifecycle.emptyMandatoryElementsText).toBe('ipsum');
+      expect(form.lifecycle.invalidElementsErrorText).toBe('dolor');
+      expect(form.lifecycle.invalidElementsWarningText).toBe('sit');
+    });
+  });
+
+  class SpecLifecycle extends FormLifecycle {
+  }
 });