Court Opinion

ID: 9731867
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 16:00:27.627672+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:21.666954
License: Public Domain

KELLY, Justice
(concurring specially).
I concur in the result in this case. However, I do not believe that Minn.Stat. § 519.08 (1978) either approves or disapproves antenuptial contracts. In my opinion, antenuptial agreements effective in case of divorce should not have the same force and effect as those effective on the death of one of the parties. Furthermore, the state has an interest in a marriage. That interest, among other things, should be to ensure, if reasonably possible, that the spouse upon divorce would not become dependent upon the state for support. The courts should scrutinize antenuptial agreements such as the one in the instant case with all interests of the state in mind. See 35 Minn.L.Rev. 504 (1951).