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BURTOFF v. BURTOFF

No. 14153.

418 A.2d 1085 (1980)

Wilma Cramp BURTOFF, Appellant, v. Samuel BURTOFF, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 20, 1980.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 7, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Jordan Temple, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Elizabeth Guhring, Washington, D. C., with whom Pamela Forbes Dulles, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, GALLAGHER and MACK, Associate Judges.

GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:

This appeal concerns the validity of an antenuptial contract setting the spouses' rights to support upon dissolution of the marriage, an issue of first impression in the District of Columbia. We agree with the trial court that such contracts are not void per se on public policy grounds. After a careful examination of this antenuptial agreement according to the criteria set out below, we uphold...

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