Parkhurst v. Gibson

The plaintiff appeals the Superior Court’s (Perkins, J.) decision, approving the recommendation of a Master (Larry B. Pletcher, Esq.), to award the defendant in this divorce action a prop*58erty settlement of $35,000 and alimony of $500 per month. At issue on appeal is the application of the parties’ antenuptial agreement to their divorce proceedings. For the reasons stated below, we affirm the trial court’s ruling that the agreement was not made in contemplation of divorce and was therefore not applicable.

Because it is important to view a contract as a whole, we set forth the entire antenuptial…