Ala. Code § 43-8-250: Contracts Concerning Succession, Etc.; No Presumption of Nonrevocation from Joint or Mutual Wills.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 43 Wills and Decedents’ Estates.
- Chapter 8 Probate Code.
- Article 9 Miscellaneous Provisions.
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:
(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.
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