Content. (a) Parties to a premarital agreement may contract with respect to: (1) The rights and obligations of each of the parties in any of the property of either or both of them whenever and wherever acquired or located; (2) The right to buy, sell, use, transfer, exchange, abandon, lease, consume, expend, assign, create a security interest in, mortgage, encumber, dispose of, or otherwise manage and control property; (3) The disposition of property upon separation, marital dissolution, annulment, termination of a domestic partnership pursuant to § 32-702(d), death, or the occurrence or nonoccurrence of any other event; (4) The modification or elimination of spousal or domestic partner support; (5) The making of a will, trust, or other arrangement to carry out the provisions of the agreement; (6) The ownership rights in, and disposition of, the death benefit from a life insurance policy; (7) The choice of law governing the construction of the agreement; and (8) Any other matter, including their personal rights and obligations, not in violation of public policy or a statute imposing a criminal penalty. law governing the construction of the agreement; and (8) Any other matter, including their personal rights and obligations, not in violation of public policy or a statute imposing a criminal penalty. (b) The right of a child to support may not be adversely affected by a premarital agreement. (Feb. 9, 1996, D.C. Law 11-82, § 4, 42 DCR 6770; Apr. 4, 2006, D.C. Law 16-79, § 8(b), 53 DCR 1035; Sept. 12, 2008, D.C. Law 17-231, § 40(a), 55 DCR 6758.) Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 30-143. Effect of Amendments D.C. Law 16-79, in subsec. (a)(3), substituted 'annulment, termination of a domestic partnership under § 32-702,' for 'annulment,'; and in subsec. (a)(4), substituted 'spousal or domestic partner support' for 'spousal support'. D.C. Law 17-231, in subsec. (a)(3), substituted 'pursuant to § 32-702(d),' for 'under § 32-702,'. Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 3 of the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act.
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