Tennessee § 32-3-107 - Contracts to make or revoke wills.

§ 32-3-107. Contracts to make or revoke wills.

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; An express reference in a will to a contract and extrinsic evidence proving the terms of the contract; or 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 to make a will, or to refrain from revoking a will. Acts 1977, ch. 88, §§ 1, 2; 1978, ch. 745, § 1; T.C.A., § 32-308. Compiler's Notes. Acts 1978, ch. 745, § 1, provided that this section shall be known and may be cited as the “Trautman Act of 1978.” Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), §§ 23, 26, 986. Law Reviews. Some Whys and Wherefores of Will-Drafting — Revised (Robert L. McMurray), 15 No. 2 Tenn. B.J. 2 (1979). The Howland Will Case: Mutual Wills and the Dead Woman's Statute (Donald F. Paine and Dan W. Holbrook), 39 No. 5 Tenn. B.J. 22 (2003). “The Law of Joint Wills, A Recent Development” (William L. Harbison), 24 No. 3, Tenn. B.J. 24 (1988). The Tennessee Recording System (Toxey H. Sewell), 50 Tenn. L. Rev. 1 (1982).