Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 474 - Probate Code — Intestate Succession and Wills
Section 474.155 - Contract to make will or devise, revoke or not revoke will or devise, or to die intestate, how established.

Effective - 01 Jan 1981
474.155. Contract to make will or devise, revoke or not revoke will or devise, or to die intestate, how established. — 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
(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.

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(L. 1980 S.B. 637)
Effective 1-01-81

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