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WIFE RAISED A QUESTION OF FACT WHETHER PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT WAS THE PRODUCT OF OVERREACHING (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, over a concurring opinion, determined the wife in this divorce proceeding raised a question of fact about the validity of the prenuptial agreement:

Viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the wife, we find that the wife carried her burden of raising a material issue of fact. In opposition to the husband’s motion, the wife submitted an affidavit in which she provided a contrasting version of events surrounding the execution of the prenuptial agreement. She stated therein that shortly before the wedding day, the husband presented her with a prenuptial agreement. The wife, on the advice of her counsel, told the husband that she could not sign it or marry him unless he made some changes — namely, that she would get half the value of the land and house where they resided and 50% of everything they acquired during the marriage. The wife further averred that, on “the very day before the wedding” and as she was making final preparations for the wedding, the husband presented her with a revised prenuptial agreement, told her that he had made the requested changes and assured her that she would be taken care of for the rest of her life.

Moreover, the wife stated that she was given this new prenuptial agreement while standing outside the County Clerk’s office and that the husband “didn’t really give [her] time to even read the document, let alone take it back to the lawyer to look at it again.” She stated that she was feeling stressed and pressured with the wedding planning and “just signed the document.” These facts, if credited, give rise to the inference of overreaching … . Carter v Fairchild-Carter, 2018 NY Slip Op 02230, Third Dept 3-29-18

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