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• Court Provides a Primer on Pre-Nuptial Agreements and Enforces a 40 Year Old Agreement

  Published: July 17, 2007, 1:05 am

  Tags: Agreements, Divorce, Equitable Distribution, Foreign Agreement, Marital Agreements, Prenuptial Agreements, Rules Of Contact Construction

  The Appellate Division in Van Kipnis v. Van Kipnis enforced a pre-nuptial agreement which the parties entered into in France in 1965.  The agreement provided that “Each spouse shall retain ownership and possession of the chattels and real property that...

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• question about prenups

  Published: July 30, 2007, 1:27 pm

  Tags: Prenuptial Agreements, Divorce

  ——————————————————————————– question about prenups Post by grrr on Dec 14, 2005, 12:55am i have a question about prenups… i was under the impression that they can be thrown out if

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• I just lost a woman who refused to sign prenup

  Published: July 30, 2007, 12:39 pm

  Tags: Dont Marry, Prenuptial Agreements

  ——————————————————————————– I just lost a woman who refused to sign prenup Post by Dave on Jan 13, 2006, 5:36pm EXCELLENT ESSAY! I just lost (fortunately) a woman who refused

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• Prior Claim of Mental Illness Does Not Invalidate Pre-Nuptial Agreement

  Published: September 25, 2007, 1:30 am

  Tags: Agreements, Prenuptial Agreements, Right Of Election, Waiver

  to knowingly execute the prenuptial agreement. Surrogate Lopez-Torres noted that a "duly executed prenuptial agreement is given the same presumption of legality as any other contract, commercial or otherwise. It is presumed to be valid in the absence of fraud." The court further referred to section 5-1.1-A(e)(2) of the Estates

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• Husband's Transfer of Separate Property to Wife Declared Wife's Separate Property

  Published: October 9, 2007, 4:22 pm

  Tags: Agreements, Prenuptial Agreements, Property, Property Transfers, Separate Property

  you to the Prenuptial Agreement Blog for including me in the list of Top Family Law Blogs. Speaking of prenuptial agreements, a couple of cases addressing prenuptial agreements have been decided by the Appellate Division in recent weeks. Thus, I begin a series of postings addressing these cases. In the recent case of Selinger v.

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• The Failure to Read and Understand An Agreement Does Not Invalidate It

  Published: October 12, 2007, 12:57 am

  Tags: Agreements, Appeals, Prenuptial Agreements

  and thus, duly executed prenuptial agreements, including agreements executed in a foreign country, are accorded the same presumption of legality as any other contract. Notwithstanding the fact that wife did not read the agreement written in German and had no legal representation at the time it was signed, the Court declined to set aside

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