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2012 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 18-A: PROBATE CODE
Article 2: INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS
18-A §2-701. Contracts concerning succession


18-A ME Rev Stat § 2-701 (2012 through 125th Legis) What's This?

Part 7: CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS RELATING TO DEATH SEE ALSO ARTICLE 6

§2-701. 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 the effective date of this Act, can be established only by (1) provisions of a will stating material provisions of the contract; (2) an express reference in a will to a contract and extrinsic evidence proving the terms of the contract; or (3) a writing signed by the decedent evidencing the contract. The execution of a joint will or mutual wills does not create a presumption of a contract not to revoke the will or wills. [1979, c. 540, §1 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

1979, c. 540, §1 (NEW).

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