853.13 Contracts.
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853.13 Contracts.
(1)A contract to make a will or devise, not to revoke a will or devise or to die intestate may be established only by any of the following:
(a)Provisions of a will stating the material provisions of the contract.
(b)An express reference in a will to a contract and extrinsic evidence proving the terms of the contract.
(c)A valid written contract, including a marital property agreement under s. 766.58
(e).
(d)Clear and convincing extrinsic evidence.
(2)The execution of a joint will or mutual wills does not create a presumption of a contract not to revoke the will or wills.
853.13 Note NOTE: The preceding cases were decided prior to the adoption of 1997 Wis. Act 188 , which made extensive revisions to this section.