TITLE 15

UNIFORM PROBATE CODE

CHAPTER 2

INTESTATE SUCCESSION — WILLS

PART 7.

CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS RELATING TO DEATH

15-2-701.  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.

History:

[I.C., sec. 15-2-701, as added by 1971, ch. 111, sec. 1, p. 233.]