Sanford v. Sanford
South Dakota Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERTSON, Chief Justice.
[¶ 1.] T. Denny Sanford filed for divorce from his wife Colleen Anderson Sanford, and sought enforcement of a prenuptial agreement. The prenuptial agreement purported to waive all of Colleen’s alimony rights and provided for a single payment structure for alimony, support and property provisions.
[¶ 2.] On competing motions for summary judgment, the circuit court held the single prenuptial agreement provision purporting to waive alimony was void and unenforceable. The circuit court also held the agreement was not unconscionable as to the property provisions, and that…
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