2015 Iowa Code
TITLE XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
SUBTITLE 1 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS
CHAPTER 596 - PREMARITAL AGREEMENTS
Section 596.7 - Revocation.

After marriage, a premarital agreement may be revoked only as follows:

1.  By a written agreement signed by both spouses. The revocation is enforceable without consideration.

2.  To revoke a premarital agreement without the consent of the other spouse, the person seeking revocation must prove one or more of the following:

a.  The person did not execute the agreement voluntarily.

b.  The agreement was unconscionable when it was executed.

c.  Before the execution of the agreement the person was not provided a fair and reasonable disclosure of the property or financial obligations of the other spouse; and the person did not have, or reasonably could not have had, an adequate knowledge of the property or financial obligations of the other spouse.

1991 Acts, ch 77, §7

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