Estate of Dugger v. Dugger

ROBERT S. BARNEY, Judge.

Central to this appeal are issues involving: (a) the validity of a Beneficiary Deed executed by Russel Dugger, deceased, and his wife, Respondent Dorothy Dugger; and (b) whether, by executing certain purported “estate planning” documents together with the Beneficiary Deed, Russel and Dorothy entered into a valid postnup-tial agreement, pursuant to section 474.120, RSMo 1994, by which Dorothy waived her spousal rights of inheritance to a farm owned by Russel. 1

Appellants are children of Russel. At the time of his death on October 7, 2000, Russel was also survived by his…