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2016 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 394 - WILLS
.540 Contract to make a will, not to revoke a will or to die intestate.

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Download as PDF 394.540 Contract to make a will, not to revoke a will or to die intestate. (1) (2) A contract to make a will or devise, or not to revoke a will or devise or to die intestate, if executed after June 16, 1972, can 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 of the contract; or (c) A writing signed by the decedent evidencing the contract. The execution of a joint will or mutual wills gives rise to no presumption of a contract not to revoke the will or wills. History: Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 168, sec. 3, effective June 16, 1972.

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