§560:2-514  Contracts concerning succession.  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, 1997, may 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 evidencing the contract and signed by the party alleged to have breached the contract.

     The execution of a joint will or mutual wills shall not create a presumption of a contract not to revoke the will or wills. [L 1996, c 288, pt of §1; am L 2023, c 158, §25]

Revision Note

  "January 1, 1997" substituted for "the effective date of this article".