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§2-512
Title 18-C: PROBATE CODE
Article 2: INTESTACY, WILLS AND DONATIVE TRANSFERS
Part 5: WILLS
§2-514

§2-513. Contracts concerning succession

A contract to make a will or devise, or not to revoke a will or devise, or to die intestate, if executed after September 1, 2019, can be established only by:   [PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §2 (AMD).]
1.  Material provisions.  Provisions of a will stating material provisions of the contract;  
[PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).]
2.  Express reference, extrinsic evidence.  An express reference in a will to a contract and extrinsic evidence proving the terms of the contract; or  
[PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).]
3.  Writing evidencing the contract.  A writing signed by the decedent evidencing the contract.  
[PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).]
The execution of a joint will or mutual wills does not create a presumption of a contract not to revoke the will or wills.   [PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW). PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. F, §1 (AFF). PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §2 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).
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