Case No. ZZ20D65691
Family Court

Case No. ZZ20D65691

Fecha: 14-Nov-2022

The PNA

20.The parties executed the PNA in accordance with the law of the State of New York on 2 March 2012, some six weeks before the marriage. As stated above, the husband’s net worth was disclosed in the sum of $1,018,215,671. The wife’s net worth was stated to be $4,471,500. Both parties had advice from, and were represented by, distinguished lawyers and there has been no suggestion of deficiency or pressure within the process leading up to the execution of the PNA.21.The parties signed a subsequent Modification Agreement on 23 March 2014. In her evidence, the wife described how this was presented to her in completed form as a birthday present. It increased the financial provision to be made to the wife pursuant to the PNA. As with the PNA, there has been no suggestion that the process leading to its execution was in any way flawed. 22.The PNA creates a regime of separate property and includes a waiver of spousal maintenance claims in consideration of the provision made in the agreements. The key features of the agreements are as follows:a.The preamble to the PNA states that it is intended to be in full satisfaction of all the parties’ rights arising out of the marriage or its dissolution except with respect to issues relating to custody and child support of any children of the marriage. To reinforce their mutual intention, the PNA concludes by stating in Article 17, in uppercase and in bold type: