CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Premarital and Postnuptial Agreements
......Uniform Premarital Agreement Act
8 Cards On This Topic:
  • Effective date of UPAA.
  • Requirements for premarital agreements.
  • Matters governed by premarital agreements; enforceability of spousal support provisions.
  • Amendment or revocation of agreement.
  • Circumstances when premarital agreements unenforceable.
  • Written agreement whose only substantive term was that marriage made in accordance with 'Islamic law' was hopelessly uncertain as to terms and conditions and didn't satisfy statute of frauds.
  • Uniform Premarital Agreement Act is a statute of frauds; agreements must be in writing to be enforceable.
  • Traditional defenses/exceptions to statute of frauds apply to Uniform Premarital Agreement Act.