Oswald v. Oswald

OPINION OF THE COURT

Peters, P.J.

On October 29, 2005, plaintiff and defendant were married in a ceremony performed by a minister of the Universal Life Church (hereinafter ULC) in the Town of Jackson, Washington County. Three days earlier, the parties had executed an ante-nuptial agreement which, by its terms, was to take effect “only upon the solemnization of [the] marriage.” Five years after the marriage, plaintiff commenced this action seeking a declaration that the marriage was void from its inception, and that the antenuptial agreement was thus unenforceable, because the officiant lacked…