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Antenuptial And Postnuptial Contracts In Washington, Nancy C. Phelps Dec 1978

Antenuptial And Postnuptial Contracts In Washington, Nancy C. Phelps

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Each state has developed its own standards for deciding when an antenuptial or postnuptial contract is "fairly" made. This comment analyzes the current requirements for validity imposed by the decisional and statutory law of the State of Washington.


Domestic Relations—Disposition Of Property Upon Termination Of Nonmarital Cohabitation—Marvin V. Marvin, 18 Cal. 3d 660, 557 P.2d 106, 134 Cal. Rptr. 815 (1976), Linda R. Larson Dec 1977

Domestic Relations—Disposition Of Property Upon Termination Of Nonmarital Cohabitation—Marvin V. Marvin, 18 Cal. 3d 660, 557 P.2d 106, 134 Cal. Rptr. 815 (1976), Linda R. Larson

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Plaintiff and defendant began living together in 1964. At that time they entered into an oral agreement whereby they would combine their earnings and efforts and would share equally in all property accumulated while they cohabited. Plaintiff averred that, in addition, they agreed to hold themselves out to the general public as husband and wife, although both knew defendant was legally married to another woman. Plaintiff then consented to give up her career as an entertainer in exchange for financial support from defendant for the rest of her life. For the following seven years, plaintiff rendered full-time services as a …