In Re the Estate of Tegeler v. Estate of Tegeler

SIMON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Helen Tegeler elected to take against the will of her deceased husband Jerome F. Tegeler over the objection of respondents, the estate of Jerome F. Tegeler and the guardian ad litem of Tiffany Tegeler. Appellant appeals from the judgment of the probate division of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis in a bench tried case in which the trial court determined a postnuptial separation agreement between appellant and her husband barred her right of election to take against his will. We affirm.

On appeal, appellant contends that the trial court erred in…