Reiling v. Reiling

Wife sued husband for divorce. The trial court granted the wife a divorce and awarded alimony. It held an antenuptial agreement invalid which provided the wife would receive no alimony upon divorce. Upon appeal, the Court of Appeals set aside the allowance of alimony and held the agreement valid. 1 Or App 571, 463 P2d 591 (1970). This court granted a writ of review.

The sole issue is whether that part of an ante-nuptial agreement is invalid, because of public policy, which provides that the wife should receive no alimony in case the parties were subsequently divorced. There was no evidence or…