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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.
§ 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.
Notes of Decisions
Stanley, S. v. Hendershot, N., No. 814 MDA 2017 (Pa. Super. Ct. May 18, 2018).
· cites it 12× “Executor argued that 20 Pa.C.S. § 2701 of Pennsylvania’s Probate, Estates, and Fiduciaries Code6 abolished any common law cause of action for breach of oral contract.”
In re Est. of Balter, 703 A.2d 1038 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1997).
“See 20 Pa. Cons. StatAnn. § 2701(a)(1) & (2), supra.”
20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2701(a): 1 case
Stanley, S. v. Hendershot, N., No. 814 MDA 2017 (Pa. Super. Ct. May 18, 2018).
“Executor argued that 20 Pa.C.S. § 2701 of Pennsylvania’s Probate, Estates, and Fiduciaries Code6 abolished any common law cause of action for breach of oral contract.”
20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2701(a)(1): 2 cases
In re Est. of Balter, 703 A.2d 1038 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1997).
“See 20 Pa. Cons. StatAnn. § 2701(a)(1) & (2), supra.”
Stanley, S. v. Hendershot, N., No. 814 MDA 2017 (Pa. Super. Ct. May 18, 2018).
“Executor argued that 20 Pa.C.S. § 2701 of Pennsylvania’s Probate, Estates, and Fiduciaries Code6 abolished any common law cause of action for breach of oral contract.”
20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2701(a)(2): 1 case
Stanley, S. v. Hendershot, N., No. 814 MDA 2017 (Pa. Super. Ct. May 18, 2018).
“Executor argued that 20 Pa.C.S. § 2701 of Pennsylvania’s Probate, Estates, and Fiduciaries Code6 abolished any common law cause of action for breach of oral contract.”
20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2701(a)(3): 1 case
Stanley, S. v. Hendershot, N., No. 814 MDA 2017 (Pa. Super. Ct. May 18, 2018).
“Executor argued that 20 Pa.C.S. § 2701 of Pennsylvania’s Probate, Estates, and Fiduciaries Code6 abolished any common law cause of action for breach of oral contract.”
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