CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
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Premarital and Postnuptial Agreements
......Oral Agreements
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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.