Perkinson v. Perkinson

OPINION

REID, Chief Justice.

This divorce case presents an appeal by the husband from the judgment of the Court of Appeals affirming the Chancery Court of Bradley County’s refusal to award him $150,000 pursuant to the terms of an antenuptial agreement. The judgment of the Court of Appeals is reversed.

The husband, 47, and the wife, 46, were married in 1986.. The trial court found the wife to be the wealthy widow of a beer distributor and the husband a not-so-wealthy pipe fitter, since retired. Prior to their marriage, they entered into an ante-nuptial agreement, prepared by the wife’s attorney.

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