Alabama Code 43-8-250. Contracts concerning succession, etc.; no presumption of nonrevocation from joint or mutual wills
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A contract to make a will or devise, or not to revoke a will or devise, or to die intestate, if executed after January 1, 1983, can be established only by:
Terms Used In Alabama Code 43-8-250
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Devise: To gift property by will.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
- writing: includes typewriting and printing on paper. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
The execution of a joint will or mutual wills does not create a presumption of a contract not to revoke the will or wills.