Section 25-2A.Premarital and Postnuptial Agreements
Current through August 12, 2025 (2026 Practice Book edition) · Last verified July 9, 2026
In one sentenceThis section requires a party who wants a premarital or postnuptial agreement enforced to demand that specifically in the claim for relief within sixty days of the return date, and gives the other party sixty days to file a reply demanding avoidance and stating the grounds.
(a)If a party seeks enforcement of a premarital agreement or postnuptial agreement, he or she shall specifically demand the enforcement of that agreement, including its date, within the party’s claim for relief. The defendant shall file said claim for relief within sixty days of the return date unless otherwise permitted by the court.
(b)If a party seeks to avoid the premarital agreement or postnuptial agreement claimed by the other party, he or she shall, within sixty days of the claim seeking enforcement of the agreement, unless otherwise permitted by the court, file a reply specifically demanding avoidance of the agreement and stating the grounds thereof.
End
Amendment History
(Adopted June 20, 2011, to take effect Aug. 15, 2011.)
Plain-English Summary
This section puts marital agreements on a pleading schedule. A party seeking enforcement of a premarital or postnuptial agreement must specifically demand its enforcement, including the agreement’s date, within the party’s claim for relief. A defendant doing so files that claim for relief within sixty days of the return date, unless the court permits otherwise.
The mirror image applies to a party who wants out of the agreement. Within sixty days of the claim seeking enforcement, again unless the court permits otherwise, that party files a reply specifically demanding avoidance of the agreement and stating the grounds for it.
The effect is that both the reliance on an agreement and the attack on it are on the record early and in specific terms, rather than surfacing at trial.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I enforce a prenuptial agreement in a Connecticut divorce?
By specifically demanding its enforcement, including the agreement’s date, within your claim for relief. A defendant must file that claim for relief within sixty days of the return date unless the court permits otherwise.
How do I challenge a premarital or postnuptial agreement?
By filing a reply that specifically demands avoidance of the agreement and states the grounds, within sixty days of the claim seeking enforcement, unless the court permits otherwise.
Source & verification. The section text is reproduced verbatim from the
official Connecticut Practice Book (Conn. Practice Book § 25-2A). Prescribed by the Judges of the Superior Court of Connecticut (Conn. Gen. Stat. Section 51-14). The plain-English summary is original and written by us. Last verified July 9, 2026. ·
Official source
Also known as:prenuptial agreement enforcement ConnecticutPractice Book section 25-2Apostnuptial agreement divorce CTchallenging a prenup Connecticut divorcesixty days claim for relief prenup CT