Section 514 - Contracts concerning succession.

UT Code § 75-2-514 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) A contract to make a will or devise, or not to revoke a will or devise, or to die intestate, if executed after July 1, 1998, may be established only by: (a) provisions of a will stating material provisions of the contract; (b) an express reference in a will to a contract and extrinsic evidence proving the terms of the contract; or (c) a writing signed by the decedent evidencing the contract.

(a) provisions of a will stating material provisions of the contract;

(b) an express reference in a will to a contract and extrinsic evidence proving the terms of the contract; or

(c) a writing signed by the decedent evidencing the contract.

(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.