Robinson v. Shivley

This is an application by the appellant, as the widow of Thomas J. Robinson, for an award of statutory allowances from her husband’s estate. Ark. Stats. 1947, § 62-2501. The administrator contested the petition on the ground that Mrs. Robinson had joined with her prospective husband in an antenuptial contract by which she relinquished all claims to “dower, homestead, widow’s award, or other right” in her husband’s estate. The probate judge held the contract to be valid and accordingly denied the widow’s application for statutory allowances.

The controlling question is whether the antenuptial…