Legal Opinion

Lane v. Lane

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided September 21, 2006No. 2004-SC-000151-DGPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LAMBERT, Chief Justice.

Three days before their marriage on November 24, 1990, Appellant, Paula 0. Lane, and Appellee, David L. Lane, entered into an ante-nuptial agreement. Appropriate asset disclosures were made and the underlying validity of the agreement is not at issue herein. What is at issue is whether events subsequent to the nine and a half year marriage and the birth of two children render enforcement of the agreement unconscionable. The Court of Appeals’ opinion strictly enforced the agreement as written. The trial court had deviated from a strict application of the agreement…

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2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Stratton v. WilsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
  2. Gentry v. GentryKentucky Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Edwardson v. EdwardsonKentucky Supreme Court · 1990
  4. Goderwis v. GoderwisKentucky Supreme Court · 1989
  5. Shraberg v. ShrabergKentucky Supreme Court · 1997

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Spencer v. Estate of SpencerKentucky Supreme Court · 2010
  2. Montrial Demetrius Johnson v. Commonwealth of KentuckyKentucky Supreme Court · 2014
  3. Lane v. LaneKentucky Supreme Court · 2006
  4. Montrial Demetrius Johnson v. Commonwealth of KentuckyKentucky Supreme Court · 2015

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