A provision in a will purporting to penalize any interested person for contesting the will or instituting other proceedings relating to the estate is unenforceable if probable cause exists for instituting proceedings.
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-905
Penalty clause for contest
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Jenifer Duncan v. Olga Rawls (2018)
Most recently applied in Jenifer Duncan v. Olga Rawls (March 2018)
PL 2017, c. 402, Pt
Official source: Maine Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Maine statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.