In re the Estate of Baruch

Hazleton, S.

In this proceeding petitioners seek a determination that the respondent, surviving spouse of decedent, has no right of election to take against the will by reason of her execution of an antenuptial agreement. The widow wishes to avoid the antenuptial agreement by supplanting it with a notice of election, upon the grounds that she was taken advantage of and duped into signing away her rights. To be specific, the lady alleges that at the time of signing the disavowed document, the conditions prevailing were of such inequality as to place her in a position of disadvantage with her…