Holliday v. Holliday’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “LSA-C.C. Article 2326 provides that an antenuptial contract cannot alter the order of inheritance by the children or posterity of the parties. Article 2327 provides that such a contract cannot derogate from the power of the husband over his wife and children. Article 2392 expressly provides that the parties may stipulate that there shall be no community of acquets and gains. Article 2395 provides that where the parties agree that they shall be separate in property, each contributes to the expenses of the marriage in the manner agreed to in their contract, or, if there be no agreement in the contract, the wife contributes one-half of the expenses of the marriage.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Holliday v. Holliday

2. “any and all rights or claims which she might have to claim or collect sustenance, alimony, support, maintenance or funds for any reason from the said Andrew Sampson Holliday . . . in the event a judicial separation or divorce is obtained by either of the parties hereto.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Holliday v. Holliday

3. “But in all cases in which it is not expressly or impliedly prohibited, they can renounce what the law has established in their favor, when the renunciation does not affect the rights of others, and is not contrary to the public good.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Holliday v. Holliday