Hamilton v. Hamilton

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the lack of a reasonable provision for a financially dependent spouse does not render an antenuptial agreement unenforceable
• antenuptial agreement not signed under duress where the wife, although “pregnant, unemployed, and probably frightened,” was represented by counsel and signed the agreement against his advice
• unemployed, pregnant 18-year-old woman could not claim duress in the execution of a prenuptial agreement, where she had the ability to consult with legal counsel concerning the agreement
• the court rejected the claim by the eighteen-year old, unemployed and pregnant woman that she entered into the antenuptial agreement under duress, where she was free to consult her counsel before signing the agreement
• prenuptial agreement upheld where wife specifically waived right to spousal support
• as an example of a pre-marital agreement

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Degenhardt v. Dillon Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-01-18· cited 43×
• Lewis, W. v. Lewis, C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-06-12· cited 37×
• Sofronski v. Civil Service Commission
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-05-28· cited 31×
• Adams v. Adams
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-05-19· cited 25×
• West Chester Area SD v. A.M. and K.M., individually and as parents and natural guardians of C.M. and C. Jelley, Hearing Officer, PA Office of Dispute Resolution
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-06-19· cited 9×
• Viles v. Viles
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-06-03· cited 6×
• Biliouris v. Biliouris
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-08-17· cited 5×
• Baker v. Baker
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-07-30· cited 4×
• Schwarz v. Frost
  Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 1998-03-16· cited 2×
• Shaffer v. Shaffer
  Chester County Court of Common Pleas· 2000-05-16
• Boscaino v. Centre Medical & Surgical Associates
  Centre County Court of Common Pleas· 2006-09-20
• McConahy v. McConahy
  Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas· 2013-09-16
• Layton, R. v. Layton, N.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-05-23

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bata v. Central-Penn Nat. Bank of Phila.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1966-11-15· cited 186×
• Simeone v. Simeone
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-09-25· cited 166×
• Carrier v. William Penn Broadcasting Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-09-26· cited 74×
• Hillegass Estate
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-08-06· cited 54×
• Bata v. Central-Penn National Bank of Philadelphia
  Supreme Court· 1967-04-17· cited 51×
• Raiken v. Mellon
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-11-05· cited 37×
• Smith v. Lenchner
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-12-16· cited 36×
• In Re Estate of Geyer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-10-15· cited 25×
• Young v. Pileggi
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-01-28· cited 11×
• Union National Bank v. Heffernan
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-03-20· cited 1×