Robinson v. Robinson

THOMPSON, Presiding Judge.

Mary Texas Garner Robinson (“the wife”) appeals from a judgment of the Jackson Circuit Court holding invalid a *1069antenuptial agreement into which she had entered with John Lawson Robinson (“the husband”). For the reasons set forth herein, we reverse the trial court’s judgment.

The husband and the wife became engaged in the spring of 1987. It is undisputed that, at the time of the parties’ engagement, the wife’s family owned a substantial amount of real property. During the summer of 1987, the wife employed Bill White, an attorney who had previously performed some legal…