COOPER v. OAKES


427 Pa.Super. 430 (1993)

629 A.2d 944

Eleanor COOPER, Appellee, v. Harvey OAKES as Administrator of the Estate of James L. Cooper, Appellees. Appeal of Christine RICHMOND, Karen Douthett and Sharon Braden, Appellants.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed June 21, 1993.

Reargument Denied August 30, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy F. McCune, Butler, for appellants.

Dan P. Wimer, New Castle, for Eleanor Cooper, appellee.

Before KELLY, JOHNSON and HESTER, JJ.


KELLY, Judge:

In this case, we are called upon to determine the enforceability of a pre-nuptial agreement against a widowed Wife, where the only evidence that the Husband had fully and fairly disclosed to the Wife the extent of his assets and her marital rights was a statement to that effect in the pre-nuptial agreement. For the following reasons, we hold that the trial court erred in voiding the agreement. Therefore, we reverse.

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