Stevenson v. United States National Bank

Plaintiffs appeal the summary judgment in this declaratory judgment action which determined that decedent’s surviving spouse is entitled to share in the estate. 1 We affirm.

On August 29,1979, decedent, David Earl Stevenson (David), and Alberta Hegwod (Alberta) executed a prenuptial agreement. At that time, David had assets of approximately $550,000; Alberta had assets of approximately $3,000. The agreement provided that the parties could dispose of their property as they wished and that, should the marriage be terminated by death or dissolution, each party would retain the property owned by…