In some situations, a Texas premarital agreement can be used to protect the parties’ assets. To be valid, a premarital agreement must be signed by both parties. A wife recently challenged a trial court’s finding there was no enforceable agreement when neither party was able to produce a signed copy of the agreement.
Premarital Agreement
The appeals court’s opinion stated parties started their relationship around six months before the marriage. The wife raised the issue of premarital agreement a month or two before the wedding. The wife signed in front of the notary, but the notary refused to notarize the husband’s copy because he signed it before he arrived at the store and did not have his ID with him.
The wife testified she forgot what she did with the signed copies. She said she thought she had an electronic copy on the husband’s computer, but he had taken the computer.