In Re Estate of Kester
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
Wilson and Myrtle Kester were married in February 1964. Approximately eight months later, on September 23, 1964, the Kesters entered into a written postnuptial agreement prepared by Wilson’s attorney and executed in the attorney’s presence. In the agreement each agreed to waive the right to elect against the other’s will. Myrtle Kester also agreed that she would devise whatever assets she received from Wilson’s estate to his son by an earlier- marriage. Similarly, Wilson agreed that if he survived Myrtle, he would bequeath and devise whatever he received…
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