[DOWNLOAD] "Cortez v. Cortez" by In the Supreme Court of the State of New Mexico # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free

eBook details

Title: Cortez v. Cortez
Author : In the Supreme Court of the State of New Mexico
Release Date : January 20, 2009
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 67 KB

Description

OPINION {1} Marital settlement agreements are contracts executed by divorcing spouses setting forth the present and future obligations of the parties. They are to be interpreted and enforced according to their terms, when clear, including even the extreme case of enforcing a forfeiture of one spouse's property interest to the other. But when clarity is lacking or important terms are absent, and the parties have substantially complied with their obligations to each other, then equity must intervene to avoid a forfeiture when not to do so would be unfair. Our Court of Appeals having ruled differently, we reverse and uphold the ruling of the district court.