{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-62-2-701","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 62-2-701","heading":"Contracts concerning succession.","body":"A contract to make a will or devise, or to revoke a will or devise, or not to revoke a will or devise, or to die intestate, if executed after the effective date of this act, can be established only by (1) provisions of a will of the decedent stating material provisions of the contract; (2) an express reference in a will of the decedent to a contract and extrinsic evidence proving the terms of the contract; or (3) a writing signed by the decedent evidencing the contract and extrinsic evidence proving the terms of 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.","path":["Title 62 - SOUTH CAROLINA PROBATE CODE","ARTICLE 2 Intestate Succession and Wills","Part 7 Contractual Arrangements Relating to Death"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t62c002.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T08:08:29Z","sha256":"169c9af6b747ecc048e0361f8146841e45f3474235d36d5aa6df90d5c5c1efbc","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-62-2-612","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-62-2-801"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}