{"id":3083,"date":"2025-09-15T14:58:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T19:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=3083"},"modified":"2025-09-15T14:58:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T19:58:05","slug":"texas-appeals-court-upholds-post-marital-agreement-giving-ex-husband-millions-more-than-ex-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-upholds-post-marital-agreement-giving-ex-husband-millions-more-than-ex-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Upholds Post-Marital Agreement Giving Ex-Husband Millions More than Ex-Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Texas postnuptial agreement is not enforceable if the party proves that it was not signed voluntarily or that it was unconscionable and they were not given a fair and reasonable disclosure of the other party\u2019s property or financial obligations, did not voluntarily and expressly waive disclosure in writing, and did not have or reasonably could not have had adequate knowledge of the other party\u2019s property or obligations. Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 4.105.\u00a0 A former husband recently<\/a> challenged a finding the parties\u2019 postnuptial agreement in a high net worth divorce was unenforceable.<\/p>\n

The parties married in 1991 and the wife petitioned for divorce in 2019.\u00a0 She voluntarily non-suited that case and the parties signed a postnuptial agreement.\u00a0 The wife filed for divorce again in 2022.\u00a0 She argued the agreement was unconscionable and she had entered into it involuntarily.<\/p>\n

According to the appeals court, the evidence showed the husband was not represented by an attorney at the time. The wife emailed him links to websites about postnuptial agreements. The husband testified they drafted an agreement that day. The wife denied being involved with drafting the agreement.\u00a0 The husband testified she told him her attorney would review it and he agreed to reimburse her for the fees. She contacted her attorney at some point and signed the non-suit order. The court granted the non-suit the same day the wife\u2019s attorney filed it. The following day, the parties signed the agreement in front of a notary, but the wife\u2019s attorney was not present.<\/p>\n

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A Texas postnuptial agreement is not enforceable if the party proves that it was not signed voluntarily or that it was unconscionable and they were not given a fair and reasonable disclosure of the other party\u2019s property or financial obligations, did not voluntarily and expressly waive disclosure in writing, and did not have or reasonably […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,237,214],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-divorce","category-duress","category-post-marital-agreement"],"yoast_head":"\nTexas Appeals Court Upholds Post-Marital Agreement Giving Ex-Husband Millions More than Ex-Wife — Texas Divorce Attorney Blog — September 15, 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Texas postnuptial agreement is not enforceable if the party 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