Estate of Loftin v. Loftin

BRANCH, Justice.

We first consider whether contracts with respect to her property and property rights constituted a bar to plaintiff’s dissent and application for a year’s allowance.

It is well settled in this jurisdiction that a man and woman contemplating marriage may enter into a valid contract with respect to the property and property rights of each after the marriage, and such contracts will be enforced as written. Stewart v. Stewart, 222 N.C. 387, 23 S.E. 2d 306; Perkins v. Brinkley, 133 N.C. 86, 45 S.E. 465; Harris v. Russell, 124 N.C. 547, 32 S.E. 958. After marriage the persons may…