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.
Utah Code § 75-3-905
Penalty clause for contest
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Doelle v. Bradley (1989)
Most recently applied in Doelle v. Bradley (December 1989)
Enacted by Chapter 150, 1975 General Session
Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.