In Re Estate of Barrows
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
1Opinion of the CourtClifford, J.
[¶ 1] Kelene Barrows appeals from a judgment entered in the Waldo County Probate Court (Longley, J.) granting a petition by the personal representative, Tommy Barrows, to enforce a prenuptial agreement between Kelene and the decedent, Timmy L. Barrows, and denying Kelene’s petition for an elective share of Timmy’s estate as his surviving spouse pursuant to 18-A M.R.S. § 2-201 (2005). Kelene contends that the court erred in interpreting the language of the prenuptial agreement to apply in the event of death, as well as divorce, and to be an effective waiver of her elective share pursuant to…
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