McHugh v. McHugh

How courts have described this case

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• holding that waiver of statutory or common-law rights must be voluntary and knowing
• dictum citing Restatement and stating that “antenuptial agreements that promote, facilitate, or provide an incentive for separation or divorce are generally opposed to public policy and of dubious enforceability”
• agreement may be void if it creates substantial economic advantage upon dissolution or if the circumstances of the parties at the time of dissolution are far beyond the contemplation of the parties at the time the agreement was made

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).