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In RE MARRIAGE OF BUTTON v. Button
Wisconsin Supreme Court (1986) | 388 N.W.2d 546; 131 Wis. 2d 84; 1986 Wisc. LEXIS 1886
TL;DR: A wife challenged a postnuptial agreement that awarded her almost none of the marital estate. The Wisconsin Supreme Court established a three-part test to determine if a marital agreement is inequitable and unenforceable, requiring both procedural and substantive fairness.
Legal Significance: This case established the controlling legal standard in Wisconsin for assessing the enforceability of prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, creating a three-pronged test for determining if an agreement is inequitable under Wis. Stat. § 767.255(11).