Hook v. Hook

In Ohio, there is no public policy, statute or case law which prevents parties to antenuptial agreements from cutting one another off entirely from any participation in the estate of the other upon the death of either. Troha v. Sneller (1959), 169 Ohio St. 397, 402. The agreement, however, must meet certain minimum levels of good faith, and will be set aside as invalid as a matter of law if the agreement is not fair and reasonable under the circumstances. This court announced the relevant considerations in its syllabus to Juhasz v. Juhasz (1938), 134 Ohio St. 257, as follows:

“1. An agreement…