Legal Opinion
Burtoff v. Burtoff
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 10, 1978No. 12938PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:
We are asked to review a Family Division order upholding an antenuptial agreement executed by the parties on October 6, 1975, eight days prior to their marriage. On October 6, 1976, exactly one year following execution of the agreement, appellee-hus-band removed appellant-wife’s belongings from the marital home to an apartment he rented for her, and barred her return. Appellant thereupon sued her spouse for separate maintenance, alleging that he had abandoned her. Appellee defended that any support obligation owing from him to his wife was controlled by the parties’…
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