Arizona Laws 14-2514. Contracts regarding wills; requirements; effect
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A. After December 31, 1994, a person may enter into a contract to make a will or devise or not to revoke a will or devise or to die intestate only by:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 14-2514
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Devise: To gift property by will.
- Devise: when used as a noun, means a testamentary disposition of real or personal property and, when used as a verb, means to dispose of real or personal property by will. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
- 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.
- Person: means an individual or an organization. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
- State: means a state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Arizona Laws 14-9101
- Will: includes a codicil and any testamentary instrument that merely appoints an executor, revokes or revises another will, nominates a guardian or expressly excludes or limits the right of an individual or class to succeed to property of the decedent passing by intestate succession. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
- Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215
1. Provisions of a will that state the material provisions of the contract.
2. An express reference in a will to a contract and extrinsic evidence proving the terms of the contract.
3. A writing signed by the decedent evidencing the contract.
B. The execution of a joint will or mutual wills does not create a presumption of a contract not to revoke the will or wills.