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, 1983, can 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 signed by the decedent evidencing 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.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.
Article 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions.
Section 43-8-251 - Renunciation of Succession.
Section 43-8-252 - Effect of Divorce, Annulment, or Decree of Separation.
Section 43-8-254 - Appointment of Debtor as Executor.
Section 43-8-255 - Administrators With Will Annexed Have Same Powers as Executors.