Antenuptial Agreement Didn’t Bar Bequest To Stepsons, But Will’s Terms Did

Mealey's (October 19, 2018, 2:59 PM EDT) -- LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An antenuptial agreement (AA) between a couple that remarried each other after divorcing revoked the wife’s right to her husband’s property and estate that had been promised in an earlier will but did not affect the residuary bequest to her sons; however, her sons had no claim to the estate when their stepfather died because the will stated that they had a right to the estate only if their mother failed to survive her husband by 30 days, an Arkansas appellate panel ruled Oct. 17 (Ricky Lee Craig v. Cheryl Craig, et al., No. CV-18-82, Ark. App., 2018 Ark. App. 489)....

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