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Answer to A Case off The Beaten Path: Does French Law or New York Law Apply

Court: French marriage contract rules US divorce from The International Times-Herald, provides the answer to the post A Case off The Beaten Path: Does French Law or New York Law Apply:

ALBANY, New York: New York's top court says a couple's 1965 French marriage contract determines their divorce property settlement, trumping a New York law that would have required "equitable distribution" of their collective assets.

The Court of Appeals, in a unanimous ruling, says the agreement signed by Claire and Gregory Van Kipnis under the French Civil Code to establish separate ownership of assets "constitutes an unambiguous prenuptial contract."

Full post as published by Sam Hasler's Indiana Divorce & Family Law Blog on December 23, 2008 (boomark / email).