Section 14-03.2-03 – Governing law

May 14, 2021 | Family Law, North Dakota

The validity, enforceability, interpretation, and construction of a premarital agreement or marital agreement are determined:

1. By the law of the jurisdiction designated in the agreement if the jurisdiction has a significant relationship to the agreement or either party and the designated law is not contrary to a fundamental public policy of this state; or
2. Absent an effective designation described in subsection 1, by the law of this state, including the choice-of-law rules of this state.

N.D.C.C. § 14-03.2-03

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