In Re Estate of Beeler

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wertz, J.:

This appeal involves the validity of a postnuptial contract. John B. Beeler and Louise Beeler were married August 15, 1934. It was Johns second and Louise’s fourth marriage. They lived together as husband and wife on a farm until the early part of the year 1949 when, due to marital difficulties, they began negotiations and later entered into a postnuptial contract, after which they separated and lived apart but were never divorced. John B. Beeler died intestate January 26, 1951. His two surviving sons by a former marriage filed a petition in…