CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Premarital and Postnuptial Agreements
......Agreements Not Enforced
.........Defenses to Agrmts
8 Cards On This Topic:
  • Statutory defenses to premarital agreement.
  • A premarital agreement that is not enforceable under section 1615 is void, not voidable, and accordingly cannot be ratified.
  • EC §622 does not preclude a challenge to false boilerplate recitations in a PMA in a situation lacking arm's length negotiations or when the contract itself is invalid.
  • Agreement repudiated by H's conduct, as well as being contrary to public policy. List of defenses.
  • Failure to perform a material condition of antenuptial agreement is a defense to its enforcement.
  • Agreements promotive of dissolution are void.
  • Potential defenses to prenuptial agreements rejected by courts.
  • Potential defenses rejected by courts.