IN RE MARRIAGE OF DAWLEY

Docket No. S.F. 23418.

17 Cal.3d 342 (1976)

551 P.2d 323

131 Cal. Rptr. 3

In re the Marriage of BETTY J. and JAMES R. DAWLEY. JAMES R. DAWLEY, Respondent, v. BETTY J. DAWLEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

June 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Bourhis & Bourhis, Barbara Lawless Bourhis and Randall D. Reedy for Appellant.

Larry A. Ramsey for Respondent.


OPINION

TOBRINER, J.

The present case involves the validity of an antenuptial contract in which the parties agreed that their earnings and other property acquired during the marriage would be held as separate property. At the time they entered the agreement, the parties anticipated the early dissolution of their marriage. Relying on In re Marriage of Higgason (1973)

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