Introduction On August 7, 2026, an Appellate Court decision in New Jersey, Fioravante v. Fioravante, reversed and remanded an award of $222,254.41 in attorney fees under a couple’s loser-pays provision in their postnuptial agreement. The…
Introduction A premarital agreement that was signed in 1977 lasted forty-three years of marriage before a court decided that no one could actually determine what it required. On May 14, 2026, a New York Appellate…
Introduction On July 20, 2026, an Ohio Court of Appeals case, Fusco v. Fusco, affirmed the dismissal of a wife’s fraud suit against her ex-husband on the basis of a lack of subject matter jurisdiction.…
Introduction The Indiana Court of Appeals issued a decision in Bischoff v. Willis on July 23, 2026, affirming a trial court’s ruling that a surviving spouse did not waive her statutory rights in her deceased…
Introduction A Virginia circuit court, in Agah v. Nazhandali, treated a mehr provision in an Iranian marriage certificate as an enforceable marital contract, ultimately ordering the husband to apay the wife the value of 114…
Introduction When a premarital agreement requires a formality but does not describe it within its provisions, courts must look elsewhere to fill that gap. In Paulson v. Paulson, a July 2026 decision of the Utah…
For twelve years, practitioners in Arizona relied on a rule that permitted a client’s parents to participate in attorney-client conversations without waiving the attorney-client privilege. That rule originally came out of a prenuptial agreement dispute,…
On July 10, 2026, a Kentucky Court of Appeals decision, Ramsey v. Ramsey, affirmed a trial court’s judgment that rejected a surviving spouse’s attempt to invalidate portions of a postnuptial agreement that had been signed…
On July 2, 2026, an Ohio Court of Appeals decision, A.M. v. J.M, reaffirmed a framework that subjects spousal support waivers in marital agreements to a two-prong review. The agreement must be enforceable when it…
A June 2026 Delaware Court decision, Re: R—S—B— v. R–B—, upheld a prenuptial agreement’s waiver of any retirement benefits given to one spouse, over a husband’s argument that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)…