Recent Posts in Prenuptial Agreements Posted By Samuelson Hause & Samuelson, LLP 3-Jul-2017 Can a Prenuptial Agreement Be Invalid? If you lived in New York in 2013, you may have heard the story of a Long Island woman who signed a prenuptial agreement before marrying a millionaire in 1998. When a Brooklyn court deemed the couple’s prenup invalid, the landmark case set a ... Continue Reading Posted By Samuelson Hause & Samuelson, LLP 27-Apr-2017 Long Island Prenuptial Agreements Like the majority of states, New York follows the "equitable distribution model" when dividing marital property in a divorce. Under this law, if a couple cannot reach a marital settlement agreement with the assistance of their respective ... Continue Reading Posted By Elliot Samuelson 27-Mar-2013 Post Nuptial Agreement Set Aside A recent case in New York, Petrakis v. Petrakis, permitted a prenuptial agreement to be set aside on the basis of the husband's fraud in failing to abide by his promise to destroy the agreement in the event the parties had children. At first ... Continue Reading Posted By Elliot D. Samuelson 27-Jan-2011 Pre-Nuptial Agreement Strategy In order to be assured that the pre-nuptial agreement you negotiate will withstand attack in the future when a divorce acrion is commenced, there are certain standards that must be met. In the first instance, you should never recommend an attorney to ... Continue Reading