1.0 link 224662 <![CDATA[Katrin Radmacher, German Heiress, Prenuptial Agreement Accepted By Court]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/02/katrin-radmacher-german-h_n_224662.html LONDON &mdash; An appeals court judge strengthened the status of prenuptial contracts in British law Thursday by ruling that a German heiress' premarital agreement with her former husband should influence how their assets are divided.

British law does not generally recognize prenuptial contracts. But Lord Justice Mathew Thorpe, who heard the case of Katrin Radmacher and her former husband Nicolas Granatino, said the current low status of prenuptial agreements "reflects the laws and morals of earlier generations."

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