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Scherer v. Scherer

Citations

  • 292 S.E.2d 662
  • 249 Ga. 635
  • 1982 Ga. LEXIS 870

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that antenuptial agreements in contemplation of divorce are not absolutely void as against public policy
  • finding in jurisdictions that enforce antenuptial agreements, these contracts “should not be given carte-blanehe enforcement”
  • noting that it 2 is not against Georgia public policy for parties “prior to marriage to anticipate the 3 possibility of divorce and to establish their rights by contract in such an event as long 4 as the contract is entered with full knowledge and without fraud, duress[,] or 5 coercion”

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Judges: Marshall, Jordan

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