Tenn. Code Ann. § 32-3-107

Contracts to make or revoke wills

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Winningham v. Winningham (1998)

Most recently applied in Winningham v. Winningham (March 1998)

Acts 1977, ch. 88, §§ 1, 2; 1978, ch. 745, § 1; T.C.A., § 32-308.

(1) A contract to make a will or devise, or not to revoke a will or devise, or to die intestate can be established only by: 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.

(4) The execution of a joint will or mutual wills does not create a presumption of a contract to make a will, or to refrain from revoking a will.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.