45-2-514. Contracts concerning succession.
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A. 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 article, may 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.
B. The execution of a joint will or of mutual wills does not create a presumption of a contract not to revoke the will or wills.
History: 1978 Comp., § 45-2-514, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 174, § 37.