Pre-nuptial agreements and English law: what happens now?

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From the comment pages of The Independent, 03/07/09.

No longer the capital of divorce

By Marilyn Stowe

Yesterday, I thought about placing a bet on the outcome of the Radmacher v Granatino case. I would have backed the outside chance that the Court of Appeal would uphold the pre-nuptial agreement, even with all the odds stacked against me.

English law doesn’t automatically recognise such agreements. It is about needs, obligations and distributing assets and income fairly. Yet, I thought, times have changed. We are living in a European country. English law gives the courts discretion to reinterpret the law. Would the same judges who once pooh-poohed pre-nuptial agreements dare to change their minds? They did. Continue reading >

Posted by Marilyn Stowe on 3 July 2009

Categories: Stowe Family Law

Tags: Court of Appeal, Divorce, divorce capital, England divorce, England divorce laws, Granatino, Independent, Marilyn Stowe, prenups, prenuptial agreement, Radmacher, Radmacher v Granatino

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