In re the Estate of McLeish

Powell, J.:

In this appeal, we are faced with the unenviable task of imposing a hard lesson—that a party is bound by the con*247tract lie or she signs even if it creates (in the eyes of’some) an unfair or harsh result. We are also called upon to answer what appears to be a question of first impression—whether, in a divorce proceeding, a prior oral separation agreement, put on the record, assented to by the parties under oath, and approved by the court controls over a subsequent written separation agreement, signed by the parties, approved by the court, and filed with the clerk. Because we hold…