Word: mccaugheys
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...Betsy McCaughey Ross, a former Lieutenant Governor of New York, is a fighter. When Republican Governor George Pataki dumped her as his second-term running mate in 1997, she switched parties and made a bid to unseat him. Today she is fighting another former partner, millionaire financier Wilbur Ross, whom she married in 1995 and is now divorcing. At the center of their dispute is her claim that she was forced to sign a document that is suddenly becoming an accessory to many modern marriages: a postnuptial agreement. That's right--after the vows, not before...
...from the engagement. But the spouse who is asked to sign a postnup has invested financially and emotionally in the union and may have children to think about. Francesca Pacelli says she signed the postnup agreement "because I didn't want my sons to grow up without a father." McCaughey Ross has claimed that her husband forced her to sign the postnuptial agreement in return for a financial contribution to keep her campaign for Governor afloat. "My reaction was utter disbelief," she says. "I was put under extraordinary public and financial pressure and emotional pressure." The judge ruled last month...