DeMatteo v. DeMatteo

At issue in this appeal is the validity of a judgment in the Probate and Family Court that an antenuptial agreement is not enforceable. The judge concluded that the agreement was not fair and reasonable either at the time it was executed or when the husband sought its enforcement on commencing a divorce action nearly eight years after the parties were married. The husband appealed and we granted his application for direct appellate review. On appeal he challenges the judge’s order as to the enforceability of the antenuptial agreement and her order that he pay the wife’s attorney’s fees.1 We…