Zarubin
Zarubin v. Miotke (In re Miotke)
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Greenwood, J.
*851 In March 2013, a private judge retained by the parties in this dissolution action found the premarital agreement they signed in 1996 (PMA) to be enforceable, including the provision waiving spousal support to either party. The trial court denied Appellant Natalia Zarubin's request to set aside the private judge's decision (the set aside order). It then entered a judgment on reserved issues (the judgment) incorporating the PMA, including its waiver of spousal support. On appeal, Natalia 1 asks us to reverse the set aside order and the portion of the judgment denying spousal support. 2 In the unpublished portion of our decision, we conclude the trial court committed no error in upholding the validity of the PMA and issuing the set aside order. In the published portion of the decision, we determine the trial court properly entered judgment incorporating the PMA and its waiver of spousal support. We affirm the judgment.
*852 I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
A. Circumstances Leading to Premarital Agreement
Natalia and Respondent Peter Miotke began communicating in 1995; at the time Natalia lived in Russia and Peter in the United States. Both parties were trained…