Abram v. Joanne Cheung Sui Mei
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Lori S. Sattler, J.), entered January 20, 2016, which, inter alia, upheld the parties’ prenuptial agreement upon inquest, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff husband’s efforts to meet his “very high” burden of challenging the parties’ prenuptial agreement fail (Anonymous v Anonymous, 123 AD3d 581, 582 [1st Dept 2014]). The plain language of the parties’ agreement reveals that the husband’s assets to be protected were substantial and that the wife received the maintenance award in question as a quid pro quo. Where, as here, a prenuptial…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Levine v. LevineNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Barocas v. BarocasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012