BLIGE V. BLIGE
656 S.E.2d 822 (Ga. 2008)
NATURE OF THE CASE: Willie (H) appealed a setting aside of a prenuptial agreement for
non-disclosure.
FACTS: H and W had a child together in 1994 and married in 2000. They did not live
together before the marriage. The day before the wedding, H took W to an office building to
meet with an attorney he had hired for her. The attorney handed her a fully drafted
antenuptial agreement, read through it with her, and asked her to sign it, which she did. H
signed the antenuptial agreement later, and the parties were married the following day as
scheduled. The agreement provided that H would retain as his sole and separate property 19.5
acres of land in Bryan County that he had previously purchased 'together with any house or
structure which may be situated upon said property.' There was no house or structure on the
property when the parties married. H had hidden away $150,000 in cash that he planned to use
to build a home there after the wedding. H never told W about the $150,000 in cash, and she
had no knowledge of the money from any other source. In 2005, W filed a complaint for
divorce and H sought enforcement of the antenuptial agreement. The court found that H failed
to make a fair and clear disclosure of his income, assets, and liabilities before the
execution of the antenuptial agreement. The trial court entered an order setting aside the
antenuptial agreement, and a jury trial on property division ensued. The house cost $280,000
to build and was worth about $400,000. The jury awarded W $160,000 for her equitable share
of the home. H appealed.
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