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Tex. Fam. Code § 4.003

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**Tex. Fam. Code § 4.003. CONTENT.** (a) The 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 on separation, marital dissolution, death, or the occurrence or nonoccurrence of any other event; (4) the modification or elimination of spousal 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. (b) The right of a child to support may not be adversely affected by a premarital agreement. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.

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