JACKSON v. JACKSON


626 S.W.2d 630 (1981)

Juanita JACKSON (Now Catlett), Movant, v. Carl K. JACKSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied February 16, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. Lewis, Elizabethtown, for movant.

Thomas E. Cooper, Elizabethtown, for respondent.


STERNBERG, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether an antenuptial contract providing that the wife be furnished a decent support during her natural life is against public policy and therefore void. The trial court upheld the agreement and found that the sum of $300 per month under the facts of this case was a decent support. The Court of Appeals held that the subject agreement to provide decent support was contrary to the public policy of Kentucky and therefore...

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