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TITLE 18-A: PROBATE CODE
Article 3: PROBATE OF WILLS AND ADMINISTRATION
18-A §3-905. Penalty clause for contest
18-A ME Rev Stat § 3-905 (2010 through 124th Legis) What's This?
Part 9: SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION
§3-905. Penalty clause for contest
A provision in a will purporting to penalize any interested person for contesting the will or instituting other proceedings relating to the estate is unenforceable if probable cause exists for instituting proceedings. [1979, c. 540, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
1979, c. 540, §1 (NEW).
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