MATTER OF ESTATE OF BURGESS

No. 55309.

646 P.2d 623 (1982)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Yahola BURGESS, Deceased.

Court of Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 1.

Rehearing Denied May 11, 1982.

Certiorari Denied June 15, 1982.

Released for Publication June 18, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay C. Baker, Tulsa, for appellants, Wynema L. Capps and Marcella S. Giles; Stuart S. Malawer, Alan M. Winterhalter, McLean, Va., of counsel and on brief.

Scott T. Knowles, Ray H. Wilburn, Tulsa, for appellee, Gladys Cain Burgess.


Released for Publication by Order of the Court of Appeals June 18, 1982.

WILSON, Presiding Judge:

At issue in this case is the enforceability of an antenuptial contract between Yahola Burgess and Gladys Cain Burgess. The couple agreed before their marriage that neither would lay claim to the other's property in the event of divorce or death. Nevertheless, after Mr. Burgess' intestate death, a dispute arose in probate...

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