{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-474.155","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.155","heading":"Contract to make will or devise, revoke or not revoke will or devise, or to die intestate, how established.","body":"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\n(1) Provisions of a will stating material provisions of the contract;\n(2) An express reference in a will to a contract and extrinsic evidence proving the terms of the contract; or\n(3) A writing signed by the decedent evidencing the contract.\nThe execution of a joint will or mutual wills does not create a presumption of a contract not to revoke the will or wills.","path":["Title XXXI - TRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY","Chapter 474 - Probate Code — Intestate Succession and Wills"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=474.155","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"ae175d44851e3c4d0959a97696fe8638c33dc908adfb422e4e122e5170e8c084","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-474.150","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-474.160"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}