Legal Opinion

Edwardson v. Edwardson

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided November 8, 1990No. 89-SC-389-DGPublished

1Opinion of the Court

798 S.W.2d 941 (1990)

Marcella EDWARDSON, Appellant,

v.

Arthur EDWARDSON, Appellee.

No. 89-SC-389-DG.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

November 8, 1990.

Scott A. Simon, Alfred J. Simon, Jr., Louisville, for appellant.

Raymond J. Naber, Jr., Naber, Joyner and Schardein, Louisville, for appellee.

LAMBERT, Justice.

Almost seventy-five years ago this Court declared "the law will not permit parties contemplating marriage to enter into a contract providing for, and looking to, future separation after marriage." Stratton v. Wilson, 170 Ky. 61, 185 S.W. 522, 523 (1916). In subsequent decisions we have adhered to the…

Also in this document: Concurrence · Combs; Concurrence · Combs; Dissent.

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Del Vecchio v. Del VecchioSupreme Court of Florida · 1962
  2. Posner v. PosnerSupreme Court of Florida · 1970
  3. In Re Marriage of DawleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
  4. Scherer v. SchererSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  5. Stratton v. WilsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916

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