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Statutes > Maine > Title18a > Title18-Ach2sec0 > Title18-Asec2-701Title 18-A: PROBATE CODE
Article 2: INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS
Part 7: CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS RELATING TO DEATH SEE ALSO ARTICLE 6
§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. [1979, c. 540, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
1979, c. 540, §1 (NEW).
