Rockwell v. Estate of Leon Rockwell

Leon Rockwell and Myrtle Rockwell were married on April 25, 1947. Leon and Myrtle each had children by previous marriages. On February 4,1957 the couple executed a post-nuptial contract in which each agreed not to claim any part of the other’s estate. Plaintiff expressly relinquished “all claim to any allowance, dower, homestead, or any other right in and to the real or personal estate” of Leon Rockwell. The intention of the parties to the contract was that their marriage should not alter the legal rights of their children from their prior marriages in the real and personal property of each…