Reinsmidt v. Reinsmidt

GARY M. GAERTNER, Judge.

Appellant, Shirley Reinsmidt (“wife”), appeals from the judgment of the Circuit Court of the County of St. Louis finding the ante-nuptial agreement between wife and decedent, James C. Reinsmidt (“husband”), valid and binding, and denying wife’s applications for family allowance and for exempt property. We affirm. .

Husband and wife met and became romantically involved in 1976. The two decided to marry in 1981. Both had children from previous marriages. In early 1982, husband and wife met with husband’s attorney, Harry Neill, to discuss an antenuptial agreement.1

Neill…