2701 - Contracts concerning succession. - Pennsylvania Statutes

CHAPTER 27 CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS RELATING TO SUCCESSION Sec. 2701. Contracts concerning succession. Enactment. Chapter 27 was added December 16, 1992, P.L.1163, No.152, effective immediately. Applicability. Section 27(a) of Act 152 of 1992 provided that Chapter 27 shall apply to contracts made on or after January 1 of the calendar year following the year of enactment. § 2701. Contracts concerning succession. (a) Establishment of contract.--A contract to die intestate or to make or not to revoke a will or testamentary provision or an obligation dischargeable only at or after death can be established in support of a claim against the estate of a decedent only by: (1) provisions of a will of the decedent stating material provisions of the contract; (2) an express reference in a will of the decedent to a contract and extrinsic evidence proving the terms of the contract; or (3) a writing signed by the decedent evidencing the contract. (b) Joint will or mutual wills.--The execution of a joint will or mutual wills does not create a presumption of a contract not to revoke the will or wills.