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2011 Ohio Revised Code
Title [21] XXI COURTS - PROBATE - JUVENILE
Chapter 2107: WILLS
2107.04 [Effective Until1/13/2012] Agreement to make a will.


OH Rev Code § 2107.04 What's This?

No agreement to make a will or to make a devise or bequest by will shall be enforceable unless it is in writing. Such agreement must be signed by the maker or by some other person at such maker’s express direction. If signed by a person other than such maker, the instrument must be subscribed by two or more competent witnesses who heard such maker acknowledge that it was signed at his direction.

Effective Date: 10-01-1953

This section is set out twice. See also § 2107.04, as amended by 129th General Assembly File No. 52, SB 124, § 1, eff. 1/13/2012.

2107.04 [Effective1/13/2012] Agreement to make a will

No agreement to make a will or to make a devise or bequest by will shall be enforceable unless it is in writing. The agreement shall be signed by the maker or by some other person at the maker’s express direction. If signed by a person other than the maker, the instrument shall be subscribed by two or more competent witnesses who heard the maker acknowledge that it was signed at the maker’s direction.

Amended by 129th General Assembly File No. 52, SB 124, § 1, eff. 1/13/2012.

Effective Date: 10-01-1953

This section is set out twice. See also § 2107.04, effective until 1/13/2012.

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