In re the Marriage of DewBerry
Court of Appeals of Washington
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
At issue in this dissolution case is whether an oral prenuptial agreement to treat income earned during marriage as separate property is enforceable. Because the trial court found by clear, cogent, and convincing evidence supported by the record that the parties fully performed their separate property agreement during their marriage, we conclude that their oral prenuptial agreement is enforceable. The trial court did not err when it characterized the parties’ property acquired during marriage as separate property in accordance with the agreement. In addition, we conclude that the trial court…
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