Shong v. Shong

The issue in this case is whether the following language in a prenuptial agreement precludes the trial court from awarding a 50 percent equity interest in the increase in value of the parties’ marital home in Massachusetts even though solely owned by the husband prior to marriage:

The property of each party, real, personal or mixed, now owned by him or her and hereafter acquired by him or her and wheresoever situated, shall be and remain his or her separate property, subject entirely to his or her controlling use, with full rights at all times to enjoy, manage, convey, mortgage, grant,…