Legal Opinion
Estate of Martin
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided January 15, 2008PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLevy, J.
[¶ 1] Donna Martin and James Martin signed a premarital agreement comporting with the requirements of the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act (UPAA), 19-A M.R.S. §§ 601-611 (2007), two weeks before their wedding in June 2004. James died in November 2005. In this appeal we review a declaratory judgment of the Aroostook County Probate Court (Dun-leavy, J.) finding the premarital agreement to be enforceable against Donna by James’s estate. We affirm the judgment.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
[¶ 2] James and Donna were married in 2004, in South Africa, after having lived together for seven years. Donna…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Pierce v. . PierceNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Graham v. . GrahamNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Denison v. DawesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1922
- Williams v. St. PierreSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2006
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