FAQs Category: Marital Agreements
Courts do not need to approve prenuptial or postnuptial agreements executed by spouses before or during the marriage. However, if spouses negotiate a marital agreement as part of a divorce, they can ask the court to incorporate the terms of their agreement into the divorce judgment. Spouses with a prenup or postnup can also request…
Courts typically enforce prenuptial or postnuptial agreements even if a spouse later decides that the terms of the agreement have become unfair to them. A spouse may convince a court to invalidate an agreement if they prove their consent to the agreement was obtained through fraud, coercion, or undue influence by their other spouse or…