Matisoff v. Dobi

In May 1981, plaintiff and defendant, recently married, entered into an agreement whereby each party pledged neither to hold nor to acquire "any right, title or claim in and to the real and personal estate of the other solely by reason of the marriage of the parties”. This agreement was made at the insistence of plaintiff, who, concerned about defendant’s two unsuccessful previous marriages and other personal matters, *201wished to protect her real property and other assets in the event that the marriage ultimately floundered. The agreement was drafted by an attorney friend of plaintiff and…