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72-2-815: Reformation to correct mistakes.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS
- CHAPTER 2. UPC -- INTESTACY, WILLS, AND DONATIVE TRANSFERS
- Part 8. General Provisions Concerning Probate and Nonprobate Transfers
The court may reform the terms of a governing instrument, even if unambiguous, to conform the terms to the transferor's intention if it is proved by clear and convincing evidence what the transferor's intention was and that the terms of the governing instrument were affected by a mistake of fact or law, whether in expression or inducement.
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