DeMATTEO v. DeMATTEO


436 Mass. 18 (2002)

M. JOSEPH DEMATTEO v. SUSAN J. DEMATTEO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

February 8, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob M. Atwood (Mark T. Smith & David E. Cherny with him) for the plaintiff.

Peter F. Zupcofska (Fiona S. Trevelyan with him) for the defendant.

Present (Sitting at Salem): MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.


MARSHALL, C.J.

At issue in this appeal is the validity of a judgment in the Probate and Family Court that an antenuptial agreement is not enforceable. The judge concluded that the agreement was not fair and reasonable either at the time it was executed or when the husband sought its enforcement on commencing a divorce action nearly eight years after the parties were married. The husband appealed and we granted his application for direct appellate review. On appeal...

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