CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Premarital and Postnuptial Agreements
......Oral Agreements
8 Cards On This Topic:
  • Premarital agreements shall be in writing.
  • Undisclosed reasonable belief of donee irrelevant.
  • Oral premarital contract held enforceable based on doctrine of partial performance.
  • Oral premarital agreements to transmute property effective if executed after marriage.
  • Premarital agreement re character of property enforceable after marriage.
  • Oral amendment to antenuptial agreement honored.
  • Oral agreement insufficient to overcome pretermitted heir presumption.
  • Oral premarital agreement may be ratified by postmarital written memorandum.