{"id":2691,"date":"2023-05-07T16:43:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T21:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2691"},"modified":"2023-07-27T10:35:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T15:35:44","slug":"texas-appeals-court-concludes-parties-premarital-agreement-is-enforceable-without-a-signed-copy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-concludes-parties-premarital-agreement-is-enforceable-without-a-signed-copy\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Concludes Parties&#8217; Premarital Agreement Is Enforceable without a Signed Copy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In some situations, a Texas premarital agreement can be used to protect the parties\u2019 assets.\u00a0 To be valid, a premarital agreement must be signed by both parties.\u00a0 A wife recently <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/first-court-of-appeals\/2023-01-22-00290-cv.pdf?ts=1683204270\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">challenged<\/a> a trial court\u2019s finding there was no enforceable agreement when neither party was able to produce a signed copy of the agreement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Premarital Agreement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The appeals court\u2019s opinion stated parties started their relationship around six months before the marriage.\u00a0 The wife raised the issue of premarital agreement a month or two before the wedding.\u00a0 The wife signed in front of the notary, but the notary refused to notarize the husband\u2019s copy because he signed it before he arrived at the store and did not have his ID with him.<\/p>\n<p>The wife testified she forgot what she did with the signed copies.\u00a0 She said she thought she had an electronic copy on the husband\u2019s computer, but he had taken the computer.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-concludes-parties-premarital-agreement-is-enforceable-without-a-signed-copy\/#more-2691\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In some situations, a Texas premarital agreement can be used to protect the parties\u2019 assets.\u00a0 To be valid, a premarital agreement must be signed by both parties.\u00a0 A wife recently challenged a trial court\u2019s finding there was no enforceable agreement when neither party was able to produce a signed copy of the agreement. 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