Marriage of Zucker

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The parties met sometime in 1993, when Mark was 33 years old, and Kim was 29. Kim became pregnant in June 1993 and at Mark’s request had an abortion. After Kim became pregnant again in late 1993, Mark told her to terminate the pregnancy, but she refused to do so. Thereafter, in early January 1994, the parties discussed marriage. Mark’s attorney prepared the PMA, and on January 28, 1994, the parties signed it. Kim and Mark were married on February 6, 1994. During their marriage, they had six children. 2 They separated on February 21, 2011, and Mark filed a petition for dissolution on June 17, 2011. At trial, Kim contended that due to her emotional health issues she did not voluntarily enter the PMA and that its spousal support provisions were unconscionable. (Fam. Code, §§ 1612, 1615.)

A. Parties’ Backgrounds The parties had disparate economic backgrounds. Mark is the co- founder and co-CEO of a hedge fund, Dorchester Capital Partners, and founder and co-CEO of the Dorchester Capital Secondaries series of funds. At the time he met Kim, Mark was a bond broker with Libra Investments. Mark had a net worth of about $10 million and…