Legal Opinion
Ferguson v. Ferguson
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided February 2, 2011No. 3D10-479PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShepherd, J.
This is an appeal from an order voiding a provision of a mediated marital settlement agreement as a result of changes in the economy. Based upon the bedrock principle of contract law — applicable as well to marital settlement agreements— that bad deals are as enforceable in the law as good deals, we reverse the order under review.
The mediated marital settlement agreement in this case was signed and the final judgment of dissolution entered on August 8, 2008. The paragraph of the agreement which gives rise to this action reads as follows:
18. REAL PROPERTY:
(A)The parties are owners as tenants…
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