Unfair Prenuptial Agreements and Disinheritance

Signing an unfair prenuptial agreement can lead to giving away your rights to make any future claims against your partner’s estate. However, failure of parties to make full and frank disclosure of all relevant financial information opens the door for the agreement to be set aside.
Unfair Prenuptial Agreements and Estate Litigation

A caution to the reader. These blogs should not be taken as legal advice. Based on my experience in dealing with these cases, they often turn on the specific facts. If you have a legal question relating to something similar, I would be happy to speak with you.

Setting aside unreasonable prenuptial agreements

Courts have been more open to setting aside prenuptial agreements that they feel are substantially unfair.

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Entitlement to Support – The Butts Case

Challenging a prenuptial agreement in the context of estate litigation happens more often than you think.

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LeVan v. LeVan

Failure to make full and frank disclosure of all relevant financial information opens the door for the domestic agreement to be set aside.

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Are Prenuptial Agreements Invalid Without Independent Legal Advice?

Whether or not a Judge will hold you to a prenuptial agreement will depend on the facts.

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Prenuptial Agreement and Formalities of Execution

Is a prenuptial agreement that was not witnessed invalid? That is the exact question of Ontario’s Court of Appeal addressed in Gallacher v. Friesen.

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