Section 14-03.2-02 – Scope

May 14, 2021 | Family Law, North Dakota

1. This chapter applies to a premarital agreement or marital agreement signed after July 31, 2013.
2. This chapter does not affect any right, obligation, or liability arising under a premarital agreement or marital agreement signed before August 1, 2013.
3. This chapter does not apply to:

a. An agreement between spouses which affirms, modifies, or waives a marital right or obligation and requires court approval to become effective; or
b. An agreement between spouses who intend to obtain a marital dissolution or court-decreed separation which resolves their marital rights or obligations and is signed when a proceeding for marital dissolution or court-decreed separation is commenced.
4. This chapter does not affect adversely the rights of a bona fide purchaser for value to the extent that this chapter applies to a waiver of a marital right or obligation in a transfer or conveyance of property by a spouse to a third party.

N.D.C.C. § 14-03.2-02

Added by S.L. 2013, ch. 121 (HB 1128),§ 1, eff. 8/1/2013.