{"data":{"id":"us-mt/72-2-534","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"72-2-534","heading":"Contracts concerning succession.","body":"(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, 1975, may be established only by:\n(a) provisions of a will stating material provisions of the contract;\n(b) an express reference in a will to a contract and extrinsic evidence proving the terms of the contract; or\n(c) a writing signed by the decedent evidencing the contract.\n(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.","path":["TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS","CHAPTER 2. UPC -- INTESTACY, WILLS, AND DONATIVE TRANSFERS","Part 5. Wills, Will Contracts, and Custody and Deposit of Wills"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0720/chapter_0020/part_0050/section_0340/0720-0020-0050-0340.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:58:59Z","sha256":"54745201c6b050bef2b4baad1e4486e76783f0ac94876384dd8084057e605fdc","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/72-2-533","next":"us-mt/72-2-535"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}