Van Cura v. Drangelis

In October 1950 Kazys Drangelis, a doctor of dental surgery, and Pauline Paukstis, a widow, entered into an antenuptial agreement concerning the property of Mrs. Paukstis. They were married the next day. In April 1961 Pauline Paukstis Drangelis died. Her will, dated January 22, 1952, left her real and personal property to the daughters of her first marriage, the plaintiffs Virginia Van Cura and Helen Donna Ott. In July 1961 Drangelis filed in the Recorder’s Office a declaration to take dower in his wife’s real estate, and filed in the Probate Court his renunciation of her will.

Thereafter the…