In the Matter of the Estate of Thies
General disclosure of assets in prenuptial agreement is adequate.
General disclosure of assets in prenuptial agreement is adequate.
Waiver of alimony in prenuptial agreement applies to a request for alimony pendente lite.
Oral prenuptial agreement was enforceable.
Although wife was pregnant and presented with a prenuptial agreement one week before the scheduled wedding date, and she was told that if she did not sign it there would be no wedding, she did not establish that execution of the agreement was a product of coercion or duress.
Prenuptial agreement waiving attorney fees was unenforceable as unconscionable due to the great financial disparity between the parties.
Prenuptial agreement applied only to distribution of property at death, not at divorce. In addition, it did not disclose assets or liabilities or adequately provide for wife. As a result, it was invalid as unconscionable.
43 year old French “Contrat de Mariage” was an enforceable prenuptial agreement.
Lost prenuptial agreement was enforceable by use of parol evidence.
Prenuptial agreement is enforceable despite change in circumstances between execution and divorce. Changes were not so far beyond the contemplation of the parties to cause an injustice. There is a ‘heavy burden’ on the party seeking to challenge the agreement to show a dramatic change.
20 year “sunset” in prenuptial agreement is enforceable.