Gelb Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

This appeal involves the validity of an antenuptial agreement signed by the decedent, Edward H. Gelb, and his widow, Fannie Bazrod Gelb, on March 24, 1960, three days before their marriage. At the time of their marriage Mr. Gelb, then 67, and Mrs. Gelb, 64, both had adult children from prior marriages. By the terms of the agreement each party renounced his interest in the estate of the other, and Mrs. Gelb received $15,000 in cash.1 The parties lived together harmoniously from the date of their marriage until the husband’s death on June 6, 1963.

On February 28,…