Bauer v. Bauer

Plaintiff-wife and defendant-husband, then 66 and 64, were married in 1956. Prior to the marriage defendant, who made his living by lending money, had accumulated assets in excess of $120,000 but he lived in a modest home worth about $7,500.. Plaintiff’s assets were nil.

The parties had known each other for about three years prior to the marriage and were considering marriage during the last year. The day before they left to get married, the defendant, without advising her, went to his attorney and arranged for the preparation of an antenuptial agreement. The next morn ing as they were leaving…