Monthly Archives: March 2013

I did not recall a New York divorce case garnering so much discussion as the one I wrote about last week.   In Cioffi-Petrakis v. Petrakis,  the Appellate Division invalidated a pre-nuptial agreement because it found that the wife was coerced into signing the pre nup  as a result of the husband’s misrepresentations, which were, of…

So, your fiancée insisted that you sign a pre-nuptial agreement before you wed.  Even though you did not particularly agree with everything in the agreement, you signed it, thinking you will just contest it if you get divorced.  Now, with a divorce pending, you want to invalidate the pre-nuptial agreement.   Guess what - you may…