Matter of Estate of Langford

Intestate’s widow claimed a year’s maintenance allowance (§ 474.260-1) 1 in the Probate Court of McDonald County which denied the claim on the theory that the widow was not entitled to share in the estate because of a postnuptial agreement executed by the widow and the decedent. § 474.120. The widow appealed (§ 472.160) to the Circuit Court of McDonald County. § 472.200. That tribunal court-tried the case and on December 20, 1974, entered judgment remanding the cause with directions to the probate court to grant the widow a year’s support in such sum as the probate court should find to be…