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2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 45 - Uniform Probate Code
Article 2 - Intestate Succession and Wills
Part 5 - WILLS
Section 45-2-517 - Penalty clause for contest.
Universal Citation: NM Stat § 45-2-517 (2017)
45-2-517. Penalty clause for contest.
A provision in a governing instrument purporting to penalize an interested person for contesting the governing instrument or instituting other proceedings relating to the estate is unenforceable if probable cause exists for instituting proceedings.
History: 1978 Comp., 45-2-517, enacted by Laws 1995, ch. 210, 13; 2016, ch. 69, 710.
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