Missouri Court of Appeals July 31, 2003, 25235 (Estate of Dugger v. Dugger)

ROBERT S. BARNEY, Judge.

Central to this appeal are issues involving: (a) the validity of a Beneficiary Deed executed by Russel Dugger, deceased, and his wife, Respondent Dorothy Dugger; and (b) whether, by executing certain purported “estate planning” documents together with the Beneficiary Deed, Russel and Dorothy entered into a valid postnup-tial agreement, pursuant to section 474.