Connolly v. Connolly

WOLLMAN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from that portion of a judgment and decree in this divorce action that upheld as valid and enforceable an antenuptial agreement concerning appellant’s right to alimony. We reverse and remand.

Appellant and respondent were married on February 15, 1969. Appellant was then 64, and respondent was 81. Both parties had been married before. Some five days prior to the marriage, the parties signed an agreement in the office of respondent’s attorney that provided in part:

It is understood and agreed by and between the parties hereto that each of them relinquishes…