{"id":1432,"date":"2019-10-02T09:30:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T14:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=1432"},"modified":"2021-09-30T13:38:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T18:38:39","slug":"texas-court-finds-prenuptial-agreement-was-enforceable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-court-finds-prenuptial-agreement-was-enforceable\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Court Finds Prenuptial Agreement Was Enforceable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Texas law generally favors the freedom of contract.\u00a0 This principle also applies to prenuptial agreements.\u00a0 In Texas divorce cases, prenuptial agreements are generally valid and enforceable unless they were involuntarily signed or were unconscionable and signed without proper disclosures.<\/p>\n<p>A wife <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/fourteenth-court-of-appeals\/2019-14-17-00908-cv.pdf?ts=1568723574\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recently<\/a> challenged the enforceability of a prenuptial agreement. The couple met online while the wife lived in Vietnam.\u00a0 When the husband visited Vietnam, he gave her a copy of the prenuptial agreement his attorney drafted.\u00a0 The wife did not speak English, so she had it translated.\u00a0 She requested a change to the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The wife came to the U.S. and told the husband she was pregnant a few months later.\u00a0 He told her she needed to sign the agreement before they got married. The husband stated a paragraph was removed from the agreement based on the wife\u2019s request.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-court-finds-prenuptial-agreement-was-enforceable\/#more-1432\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas law generally favors the freedom of contract.\u00a0 This principle also applies to prenuptial agreements.\u00a0 In Texas divorce cases, prenuptial agreements are generally valid and enforceable unless they were involuntarily signed or were unconscionable and signed without proper disclosures. A wife recently challenged the enforceability of a prenuptial agreement. 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