Jhar55-1 said:How STUPID can someone like him be NO PRENUP. When you already have the much "money" to take the chance and let someone be able to take it with just a signuature with a pen. They blame it all on the "Media".
Piel said:I don't think she has any motives. She wanted to sign a prenup but he wouldn't let her. I, OTOH have lots of motives .
Piel said:Ant does it matter that they were married in Ireland?
attyfan said:The enforceability of many agreements (not just pre-nups or post-nups) depend on where the contract is to be performed/executed -- which would be where they lived, or maybe, where are getting separated/divorced. So, English law would probably control over Irish law.
antmanb said:Technically in Enlgand a choice of law and jurisdiction clause overrides any legal presumption as to the laws applying to it, with the exception of land. The reason why i think prenups cause a problem in the UK is because divorce proceedings are a legal issue that take place in the country where you are married therefore if you had a e.g. US law and jurisdiction clause in it you'd have to settle all the legalities of the divorce in the UK, then take proof of that to the US courts to settle the prenup which would be costly etc etc (though celebrities this isn't much of an issue). If they were married in Ireland then their marriage would be subject to Irish law (assuming all the things they signed were Irish marriage documents) regardless where they live.
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attyfan said:I know in the US (which got most of its contract law from the British common law), a contract has to include a specific choice of law or jurisdiction clause; otherwise, jurisdiction exists in (among other places) where the contract is to be performed. Also, do you know where in Ireland they were married -- or if Ireland has any laws governing the marriages of "foreigners"?