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Antenuptial Agreement Was a Valid Contract Which Controlled Interpretation of Trust Documents

The Third Department applied general principles of contract-interpretation to an antenuptial agreement and trust documents to determine objections to property distribution raised by the surviving wife:

Although the [trust document] makes no explicit mention of the antenuptial agreement, the [trust document] fulfilled decedent’s obligation under that agreement by explicitly creating a trust to benefit [the wife] during her lifetime in an amount in excess of that required by the antenuptial agreement. Further, the [trust document] provides that the trust to benefit [the wife] be funded with assets that “qualify for the marital deduction,” which is consistent with the intentions of the parties as explicitly set forth in the antenuptial agreement. The structure of the [trust document] creates an estate plan that is inconsistent with [the wife’s] claim. The plain language provides for a trust to benefit [the wife] that meets the specific minimum requirements set out in the antenuptial agreement, and the [trust document] conforms to the parties’ intentions regarding tax deductibility expressed in the agreement. Considering this evidence, Surrogate’s Court properly determined that there is no issue of material fact on [the wife’s] claim, because decedent intended to fulfill his obligation under the antenuptial agreement through the [trust] …, and that trust was funded in an amount greater than required by the antenuptial agreement … . Matter of Rich, 2014 NY Slip Op 02982, 3rd Dept 5-1-14

 

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