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Judge to hubby: Forget prenup, pay up
Boston Herald ^
| Thursday, December 30, 2004
| David Weber
Posted on 12/30/2004 8:52:27 AM PST by Radix
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posted on
12/30/2004 8:52:28 AM PST
by
Radix
To: Radix
That's bad. The goverment or the legal system shouldn't enforce breach of contract. What happened to the rule of law?
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posted on
12/30/2004 8:53:49 AM PST
by
Kurt_D
To: Radix
Tereeeeza, be afraid, be very afraid.
To: Radix
I am not a lawyer but unless she was under some sort of duress when she signed I do not see how this cannot be overturned.
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posted on
12/30/2004 8:54:28 AM PST
by
KJacob
(Faith is not believing God can. It is knowing God will.)
To: Radix
Logic test: how is this like abortion?
Dan
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posted on
12/30/2004 8:54:37 AM PST
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: Radix
What the hell is the point of a pre-nup if a judge is going to everturn it?
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posted on
12/30/2004 8:54:55 AM PST
by
Mears
To: Radix
Why would anyone with money want to get married?
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posted on
12/30/2004 8:56:02 AM PST
by
Hildy
( To work is to dance, to live is to worship, to breathe is to love.)
To: Radix
Makes sense, I guess. I don't honestly see how a man can expect a woman to stay home raising the kids, and all that related stuff, while he earns a living, then upon divorce expect her to be able to just make a living after not being in the job market for over a decade.
They didn't nullify the whole pre-nup, just a part that was certainly unreasonable, IMHO.
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posted on
12/30/2004 8:56:05 AM PST
by
Chad Fairbanks
(I'd like to find your inner child and kick its little ass)
To: Hildy
Love? Sorry, old-fashioned.
9
posted on
12/30/2004 8:56:35 AM PST
by
KJacob
(Faith is not believing God can. It is knowing God will.)
To: Radix
Two days before the wedding, Craig Austin presented Donna with a prenuptial agreement, which she signed, according to her attorney, Dana Curhan. Presenting a prenuptual agreement just two days priot to the wedding meant she signed it under duress and the prenup should be void on that basis alone.
To: KJacob
Can it not be argued that springing the pre-nup on her two days before the wedding was "unconscionable" ?
To: gov_bean_ counter
This may be the 2nd reason T-Rex resides in PA legally (besides the lower tax rate there).
12
posted on
12/30/2004 8:57:26 AM PST
by
ProudVet77
(2004 is worn out, time to start 2005)
To: Radix
If this is NOT overturned the SCOTUS has some 'splainen to do.
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posted on
12/30/2004 8:57:58 AM PST
by
taxcontrol
(People are entitled to their opinion - no matter how wrong it is.)
To: Sam the Sham
Can it not be argued that springing the pre-nup on her two days before the wedding was "unconscionable" ?I suppose. Could it be shown that she was in fear that if she did not sign that he would leave. That would almost be duress.
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posted on
12/30/2004 8:58:50 AM PST
by
KJacob
(Faith is not believing God can. It is knowing God will.)
To: connectthedots
Probably depends on the legal definition of "duress". A little tougher than "is", but still necessary.
To: KJacob
Yea, everyone's in love when they first meet, it's only after they live together for a few years it gets a bit "dicey."
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posted on
12/30/2004 8:59:28 AM PST
by
Hildy
( To work is to dance, to live is to worship, to breathe is to love.)
To: Chad Fairbanks
Yet she voluntarily agreed to not seek alimony. Isn't a pre-nup a contact?
17
posted on
12/30/2004 8:59:31 AM PST
by
Bushforlife
(I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born. ~Ronald Reagan)
To: Kurt_D
I haven't taken Contracts yet, but I understand that the court may rescind a one-sided contract, which this certainly was.
18
posted on
12/30/2004 8:59:50 AM PST
by
jude24
("To go against conscience is neither right nor safe." - Martin Luther)
To: Radix
This is the peoples republic of mass, so really no surprise that a court should overturn a legitimate agreement. Especially one involving alimony, as the liberals really love sticking it to men.
To: Radix
Ah yeas GREED AND LAWYERS.... where you find one you find the other. If the Prenupt is voided by the court then there isn't a single contract that is safe from this.... This is a very bad thing.
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posted on
12/30/2004 9:00:57 AM PST
by
Hu Gadarn
(Millions for Defense not one cent in Tribute)
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