Tag: Prenuptial Agreements

Common pitfalls in prenuptial agreements

July 23, 2020

I hate drafting prenuptial agreements, considering them to be malpractice traps. However there are clear procedural and substantive issues that can increase the likelihood of

The myth of the ironclad prenuptial agreement

August 29, 2017

Intolerable Cruelty, a lesser Coen Brothers movie, follows the courtship of an over-slick, high-powered divorce lawyer and a man-eating gold-digger, as they take turns getting

South Carolina Supreme Court leaves intact important Court of Appeals opinion on prenuptial agreements

December 3, 2015

I probably should have noted this when it came out, but on October 28, 2015 the South Carolina Supreme Court, in Hudson v. Hudson, 414

Court of Appeals reverses family court determination that prenuptial agreement was unconscionable on equitable distribution

April 18, 2014

The April 16, 2014 Court of Appeals opinion in Hudson v. Hudson, 408 S.C. 76, 757 S.E.2d 727 (Ct. App. 2014), reversed the family court’s determination that

Court of Appeals finds prenuptial agreement only partially limited family court’s jurisdiction

March 26, 2014

The March 26, 2014 Court of Appeals opinion in Meehan v. Meehan, 407 S.C. 471, 756 S.E.2d 398 (Ct. App. 2014) determined that the Meehans’ prenuptial divested