Boote v. Shivers

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• identifying the same purpose and stating that \[i]t accomplishes this purpose by placing all parties in an action involving a decedent's estate on the same footing\
• “Determining whether the prerequisites to the enforceability of an antenuptial agreement have been met requires an examination of the totality of the circumstances surrounding the negotiation and execution of the agreement.”
• characterizing the imputation as “conclusive[]” and stating that it “cannot be rebutted”
• “[T]he Tennessee Supreme Court has repeatedly instructed that it [i.e., the statute] must be construed narrowly in favor of the admission rather than the exclusion of evidence.”
• “While the participation of independent counsel representing each party is not the sine qua non of enforceability, it provides the best assurance that the legal prerequisites will be met and that the antenuptial agreement will be found enforceable in the future.”
• Smith, 919 S.W.2d at 597–98

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).