PRENUP TRASHED: Brooklyn court dumps marriage contract in unprecedented action
Be careful how you get your future spouse to sign a prenuptial agreement, a Brooklyn court warns.
In an unprecedented decision, the Brooklyn Appellate Court panel unanimously ruled to throw out a prenuptial agreement between a multimillionaire and his wife on the grounds that the agreement was fraudulently induced. This move shocked even the most seasoned Brooklyn matrimonial lawyers.
Prenuptial agreements are cynically described as “weapons” that a spouse may use in a contested divorce proceeding. In short, a prenuptial agreement, or prenup, is a written contract created prior to marriage. The prenup generally outlines all of the property each person owns and specifies what each person’s property rights will be in the event the marriage is dissolved.