antenuptial agreement

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an·te·nup·tial agreement

(ăn′tə-nŭp′shəl, -chəl)

See prenuptial agreement.

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Ct.): Antenuptial agreement invalid for lack of adequate consideration and due to duress;

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3d DCA 1975) (husband's failure to obtain life insurance policy on his life for benefit of his wife as required by antenuptial agreement constituted abandonment by him of the agreement); Gustafson v.

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There the appellate court found that "marriage is sufficient consideration to uphold an antenuptial agreement," and it reversed a trial court by finding that "a religious antenuptial agreement may be enforceable in a court of law, if it complies with contract law." (61) Other commentators have suggested that principles of contract law can work well for resolving disputes about religious antenuptial agreements.

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(456.) See Comment, Marriage as Contract and Marriage as Partnership: The Future of Antenuptial Agreement Law, 116 HARV.

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Antenuptial Agreement: A legal contract signed by two people prior to marriage which states limitations to spouse's rights to property, support, or inheritance if the marriage ends in divorce.

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For example, the right to elect might be waived in an antenuptial agreement.

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(36) It provided an avenue for overcoming the antenuptial agreement.

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In 1976, the Uniform Antenuptial Agreement Act (UPAA) first provided uniform guidelines to govern the issues involved in a valid antenuptial agreement contract.

Legal and accounting considerations of antenuptial agreements. (Personal Financial Planning)

A prenuptial or antenuptial agreement is a document signed by two people who intend to be married, defining their rights and obligations if and when they get divorced.

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mother's signing the antenuptial agreement, joined with

Bargaining in the shadow of love: the enforcement of premarital agreements and how we think about marriage

The Seventh Circuit also noted that previous courts had concluded that payments made under an antenuptial agreement or Marvin-type palimony payments are generally gifts, rather than taxable income.[11]

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In Muschik, Husband and Wife signed a document purporting to be an antenuptial agreement on May 3, 2012.