Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Duckman
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided September 10, 1981PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Michael A. Telesca, S.
In this proceeding, the petitioner, Florence Duckman, widow of the deceased, seeks to enforce the terms of an antenuptial agreement which required her husband to bequeath to her the sum of $10,000 provided they were living together as husband and wife on the date of his death.
There is no dispute concerning the validity and effect of the antenuptial agreement which was entered into on December 12, 1963. The problem arises concerning its enforcement in view of a testamentary provision in the decedent’s will dated May 21, 1970 which directs the executor…
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