Stewart v. Stewart

Before appellant, Barbara Ann Stewart, married appellee, James Edward Stewart, in 1988, she signed a prenuptial1 agreement, prepared by Mr. Stewart’s attorney. In that agreement, she waived any interest she had in certain enumerated items of property owned by Mr. Stewart. Twenty-one years later, Mr. Stewart filed a divorce action in the Circuit Court for Charles County, requesting, among other things, the enforcement of the prenuptial contract. In response, Ms. Stewart filed an answer questioning the validity of that agreement together with a counter complaint for divorce.

A hearing was…