§ 4.003 Content

Sec. 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.