Williams v. Williams

569 S.W.2d 867 (1978)

William Wesley WILLIAMS, Jr., Independent Executor, et al., Petitioners,

v.

Mildred Disch WILLIAMS, Respondent.

No. B-6738.

Supreme Court of Texas.

May 31, 1978.

Rehearing Denied July 19, 1978.

Hooper, Robinson & Moeller, Karl H. Moeller and Malcolm Robinson, Austin, for petitioners.

Charles G. Trenckmann, Austin, for respondent.

McGEE, Justice.

The question presented by this cause is whether a premarital agreement to waive the constitutional and statutory rights of a surviving spouse to a homestead and other exempt property is valid. The trial court held such an agreement to be…