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FOSTER v. FOSTER

609 A.2d 1171 (1992)

Joy W. FOSTER v. Charles K. FOSTER, Jr.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided June 26, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Ross (orally), Ellsworth, Martha Harris, Paine, Lynch & Harris, Bangor, for plaintiff.

James C. Hunt, Elizabeth A. Williams (orally), Robinson, Kriger, McCallum & Greene, Portland, Lewis V. Vafiades, Vafiades, Brountas & Kominsky, Bangor, for defendant.

Before WATHEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD and COLLINS, JJ.

WATHEN, Chief Justice.

On plaintiff Joy Foster's appeal we consider the application of the parties' premarital agreement to their divorce proceedings. In its divorce order, the Superior Court (Hancock County, Browne, A.R.J.) applied the agreement and awarded plaintiff $50,000 in lieu of her marital property rights. We conclude that the agreement addresses the disposition of the marital estate only in the event of defendant Charles Foster's death, and was improperly...

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