75-2-514 - Contracts concerning succession.
75-2-514. Contracts concerning succession.
(1) A contract to make a will or devise, or not to revoke a will or devise, or to dieintestate, if executed after July 1, 1998, may be established only by:
(a) provisions of a will stating material provisions of the contract;
(b) an express reference in a will to a contract and extrinsic evidence proving the terms ofthe contract; or
(c) a writing signed by the decedent evidencing the contract.
(2) The execution of a joint will or mutual wills does not create a presumption of acontract not to revoke the will or wills.
Enacted by Chapter 39, 1998 General Session