Missouri Laws 474.155 – Contract to make will or devise, revoke or not revoke will or devise, or to ..
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A contract to make a will or devise, to revoke or not to revoke a will or devise, or to die intestate, if executed after January 1, 1981, can be established only by
(1) Provisions of a will stating material provisions of the contract;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 474.155
- 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.
(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.
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The execution of a joint will or mutual wills does not create a presumption of a contract not to revoke the will or wills.