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Simeone v. Simeone

Citations

  • 581 A.2d 162
  • 525 Pa. 392
  • 1990 Pa. LEXIS 177

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that unconscionability should be determined at time of execution, that virtually all marriages involve change in circumstances, and this should not invalidate an otherwise valid contract
  • holding that a contracting party is legally bound to know the terms of the contract entered
  • concluding that, consistent with traditional principles of contract law, courts cannot impose a per se requirement that parties entering into a prenuptial agreement must obtain legal counsel
  • holding that the duress claimant had an opportunity to consult counsel, despite no draft being presented until the eve of the wedding, because witness testimony revealed that parties previously discussed a potential prenuptial agreement
  • holding that the duress claimant had an opportunity to consult counsel, despite no draft being presented until the eve of the wedding, because witness testimony revealed that parties previously discussed a potential prenuptial agreement
  • holding no duress existed when plaintiff was able to consult with legal counsel

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy

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Cites

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