Court Opinion

ID: 9775129
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 18:44:31.25329+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:32:20.779761
License: Public Domain

STUMBO, Justice,
dissenting.
Respectfully, I dissent. Both this Court and the Court of Appeals have repeatedly stated that simply because a party has entered into an agreement that subsequently turns out to be a bad bargain, that does not constitute a reason to set aside a freely entered into property agreement. See, e.g., Bishir v. Bishir, Ky., 698 S.W.2d 823 (1985); Burke v. Sexton, Ky.App., 814 S.W.2d 290 (1991); Peterson v. Peterson, Ky.App., 583 S.W.2d 707 (1979); Whalen v. Whalen, Ky.App., 581 S.W.2d 578 (1979).
This case involved the striking of a bad bargain entered into by a highly educated professional spouse, who was unrepresented by counsel. He does not contend that he was unaware of the contents of the agreement or that they were in any way misrepresented by Appellant’s counsel at the time of signing. This is precisely the fact situation addressed by the eases cited above and to rule otherwise is to overrule those cases in fact, if not by name. I would reverse the Court of Appeals and the trial court and reinstate the terms of the agreement.
WINTERSHEIMER, J., joins.