{"id":1056,"date":"2018-07-06T16:00:46","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T21:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=1056"},"modified":"2018-07-06T16:00:46","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T21:00:46","slug":"determining-if-a-texas-premarital-agreement-is-voluntary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/determining-if-a-texas-premarital-agreement-is-voluntary\/","title":{"rendered":"Determining If a Texas Premarital Agreement is Voluntary"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a Texas divorce, a premarital agreement is generally enforceable.\u00a0 Although they are presumptively valid, they may not be enforceable if they are unconscionable or were not voluntarily signed.\u00a0 There is no definition of \u201cvoluntary\u201d in the Family Code, so courts have looked to the law governing enforcement of commercial contracts.\u00a0 In determining if a premarital agreement was voluntarily signed, the court considers whether the party had advice of counsel, misrepresentations made in procuring the agreement, the amount of information provided, and whether any information was withheld.\u00a0 Additionally, the court may consider evidence of duress or fraud in determining if the agreement was voluntary, but duress and fraud alone are not defenses to a premarital agreement.\u00a0 A court recently<\/a> considered whether a Texas premarital agreement was voluntary.<\/p>\n

The couple signed a premarital agreement the day before they got married in Las Vegas.\u00a0 The agreement set out the separate property of each of them and stated community property could not be acquired during the marriage.<\/p>\n

The wife filed for divorce after ten years.\u00a0 The trial court granted a partial summary judgment in favor of the husband on the wife\u2019s claims for a Separate Property Agreement, including reimbursement, maintenance, and her challenge of the premarital agreement.\u00a0 Following a trial, the court found the only community property accumulated during the marriage was a travel trailer.\u00a0 It awarded the trailer to the wife.\u00a0 The wife appealed, arguing the court had erred in granting the partial motion for summary judgment because there was a genuine issue of material fact as to whether she had voluntarily signed the agreement.<\/p>\n

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In a Texas divorce, a premarital agreement is generally enforceable.\u00a0 Although they are presumptively valid, they may not be enforceable if they are unconscionable or were not voluntarily signed.\u00a0 There is no definition of \u201cvoluntary\u201d in the Family Code, so courts have looked to the law governing enforcement of commercial contracts.\u00a0 In determining if a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-divorce","category-prenuptial-agreement"],"yoast_head":"\nDetermining If a Texas Premarital Agreement is Voluntary — Texas Divorce Attorney Blog — July 6, 2018<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a Texas divorce, a premarital agreement is generally enforceable.\u00a0 Although they are 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