Quote: (05-26-2014 11:24 AM)davyjose Wrote:
Out of curiosity, how iron clad is your average American prenup?
Here in Ireland they can be invalidated by a judge should he see fit, just wondering what's the situation like in the US, whether they guarantee 100% you hold onto your shit.
Like any contract, it's only as good as the lawyers defending it.
But sometimes a woman doesn't get what is rightfully hers.
Anna Nicole Smith married a dude in his late 80's. A legit oil tycoon.
They didn't get a prenup, and when her billionaire hubby died the next year, she should have been entitled to half under Texas law.
Texas and all the states (AZ, NM, CO, CA..) that used to be Mexico are community property states - which means any thing that's his is hers for the most part and what's hers is hers.
"APA federal appeals court says Anna Nicole Smith's estate will receive none of the more than $300 million that she claimed her late billionaire husband had promised her.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Anna Nicole Smith’s estate will get none of the more than $300 million the late Playboy model claimed a Texas billionaire to whom she was briefly married meant to leave her after he died.
The ruling came in a
15-year legal battle that started in a sleepy Houston probate court and stretched all the way to the U.S Supreme Court.
15 YEARS of lawyer fees.
Findlaw has a decent write up on how this rich family screwed over that poor wife.
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/grossman/20001121.html
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