2018 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 18-C: PROBATE CODE
Article 2: INTESTACY, WILLS AND DONATIVE TRANSFERS
Part 5: WILLS
18-C §2-513. Contracts concerning succession (WHOLE SECTION TEXT EFFECTIVE 7/1/19)
§2-513. Contracts concerning succession
(CONTAINS TEXT WITH VARYING EFFECTIVE DATES)
(WHOLE SECTION TEXT EFFECTIVE 7/1/19)
A contract to make a will or devise, or not to revoke a will or devise, or to die intestate, if executed after July 1, 2019, can be established only by: [2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); 2017, c. 402, Pt. F, §1 (AFF).]
1. Material provisions. Provisions of a will stating material provisions of the contract;
[ 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); 2017, c. 402, Pt. F, §1 (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
[ 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); 2017, c. 402, Pt. F, §1 (AFF) .]
3. Writing evidencing the contract. A writing signed by the decedent evidencing the contract.
[ 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); 2017, c. 402, Pt. F, §1 (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. [2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); 2017, c. 402, Pt. F, §1 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW). 2017, c. 402, Pt. F, §1 (AFF).
