Matter of Marriage of Knoll

*486ROSSMAN, J.

Husband appeals the trial court’s invalidation of the antenuptial agreement entered into by him and his wife.1 We find the agreement to be valid and reverse the trial court. Our review in dissolution cases is de novo; however, we give deference to the trial judge’s opportunity to observe the witnesses first hand. McCoy and McCoy, 28 Or App 919, 923-24, 562 P2d 207 (1977).

The parties began dating in 1976, when wife was living in Portland. At that time, husband was 40 years old and wife was 30. Both parties had been married before. Wife had been working for 12 years as a dental…