Marital Settlement Agreement

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THIS AGREEMENT made and entered into this 25th day of August, 2009, by and

between Henry Tudor, hereinafter referred to as ³Husband´, and Anne Tudor, hereinafter

referred to as ³Wife.´

WITNESSETH:

A. The parties were lawfully married in Sussex County, England.

B. Irreconcilable difficulties and differences have arisen between the parties, as a result of

which they have been estranged from each other and are not now living together as

husband and wife.

C. One child was born to the marriage. No children were adopted by the parties and Wife is

not now pregnant.

D. There is litigation pending between the parties pursuant to the Illinois Marriage and

Dissolution Act, in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, under Case NO. XXXXX.

The case is entitled ³In re the Marriage of Henry Tudor, Petitioner, and Anne Boleyn,

Respondent.´

E. Without any collusion as to said proceedings and without any intent to obtain or stimulate

a dissolution of marriage, the parties hereto consider it to be in their best interests to settle

between themselves the issues arising out of said litigation, including, but not limited to,

maintenance, the division of marital property, attorney fees, and to forever, finally and

fully settle and adjust between themselves the other rights growing out of the marital or

any other relationship now or previously existing between them and to fully and finally

settle any and all rights of any kind, nature and description which either of them now has

or may hereafter have or claim to have against each other, of every kind, nature, and

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description, whether real, personal, marital, non-marital, or mixed, now owned or which

may hereafter be acquired by either of them and further including all rights or claims in

and to the estate of the other.

F. The Husband has employed and had the benefit and counsel of Earl E. Riser as his

attorney. The Wife has chosen not to engage counsel. The parties acknowledge that each

has been fully informed as to the wealth, property, estate, and income of the other, both

directly and through the furnishing of complete financial data, and that each has been

fully informed of his or her respective rights and obligations in the premises, and that

each is conversant with all of the property and income possessed by the other and the

value thereof.

G. Both parties expressly state that they have freely and voluntarily entered into this

Agreement of their own volition, free from any duress or coercion and with full

knowledge of each and every provision contained in this Agreement and the

consequences thereof. Each party expressly states that no representation has been made

by the other party or their attorneys other than that which is contained in this Agreement.

The parties, after carefully considering the terms and provisions of this Agreement, state

that they believe same to be fair and reasonable under their present circumstances.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual and several promises and

undertakings contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and

sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties do freely and voluntarily agree to

each and every term and provision set forth in this Martial Settlement Agreement.

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ARTICLE I

RESERVATION OF RIGHTS

1. This Agreement is not one to obtain or simulate a Judgment of Dissolution of

Marriage.

ARTICLE II

MARITAL AND OTHER PROPERTY

1. Husband shall receive as and for his own separate property, all of the furniture,

appliances, and items of personal property, including the real property called Windsor

Castle, in Windsor, England, the real property at 401 S State, in Chicago, IL,

Microsoft Corp. sock shares, a Bentley vehicle, and the payments, crown jewels, and

an antique armor collection.

2. Wife shall receive as and for her own separate property, all furniture, furnishings,

appliances, and items of personal property, including her own personal effects, a Gulf

Stream VI airplane, a Lexus vehicle, the real property at Buckingham Palace,

London, England, a condominium in Aspen, a beach house in Maui, a country house

in Provence, and the Boleyn family silver collection.

3. Effective September 1, Husband shall assume full responsibility for payments of the

parties¶ two loan obligations to First Bank of Happy Lane, being secured by the

parties¶ Windsor Castle in England and the Bentley vehicle, as well as utilities

including but not limited to gas usage. Wife shall execute any and all documents of

title necessary to transfer sole title to Husband. Husband shall indemnify, save, and

hold harmless Wife for any and all expenses relating to the ownership and operation

of said vehicles and properties arising after September 1. The parties stipulate that all

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expenses relating to the ownership and operation of properties and vehicles arising

prior to September 1 have been paid, and that Wife has no liability to Husband for

such pre-September 1, 2009 expenses.

4. Effective September 1, Wife shall assume sole responsibility for payments of

mortgage and auto loan payments for the Buckingham Palace, Aspen condo, Maui

beach house, airplane, country house in Provence, and the Lexus vehicle, as well as

the utilities including, but not limited to, telephone service, relating to such premises.

Wife shall indemnify, save, and hold harmless Husband for any expenses for

obligation of Husband incurred pursuant to properties, and upon termination of the

leases, shall be entitled to the full amount of the security deposit refunded by the

lessor. The parties stipulate that all expenses and obligations relating to said lease

and said utilities arising prior to September 1 have been paid, and that Husband has

no liability to Wife for such pre-September 1, 2009 expenses and obligations.

ARTICLE III

ATTORNEY¶S FEES

1. Husband shall pay his own attorney¶s fees, if any, and court costs incurred in

connection with this proceeding.

2. Wife shall pay her own attorney¶s fees, if any, and court costs incurred in

connection with this proceeding.

ARTICLE IV

GENERAL PROVISIONS

1. Each of the parties hereby agrees to execute and acknowledge, concurrently with

the execution hereof, good and sufficient instruments necessary or proper to vest

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the titles and estates in the respective parties hereto, as hereinabove provided, and

hereafter, at any time and from time-to-time, to execute and acknowledge any and

all documents which may be necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of this

Agreement and establish of record the sole and separate ownership of the several

properties of said parties in the manner herein agreed and provided. If either

party hereto for any reason shall fail or refuse to execute any such documents,

then this Agreement shall, and it is hereby expressly declared to constitute a full

and present transfer, assignment, and conveyance of all rights hereinabove

designated to be transferred, assigned, and conveyed and a full, present and

effective relinquishments and waiver of all rights, hereinabove designated to be

relinquished.

2. That in the event the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Domestic Relations

Division, in Case NO. XXXXX, entitled ³In Re the Marriage of Henry Tudor´

sees fit to award a Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage on evidence presented,

then and only in that event, it is agreed that this Marital Settlement Agreement

shall be incorporated in said Judgment for Dissolution of Marriage and be

attached thereto and merged therein and shall thereafter be binding and conclusive

upon the parties hereof, but in the event no Judgment for Dissolution of Marriage

is entered this Agreement shall be null and void and of no legal effect.

3. The Court shall retain jurisdiction of the parties in this cause for the purpose of

enforcing the provisions of this Agreement once incorporated in the Judgment for

Dissolution of Marriage.

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4. This Agreement may be amended by mutual agreement of the parties at any time

hereafter. Any such amendments shall be reduced to writing, dated and signed by

both of the parties, and shall specifically provide that it is intended to alter or

amend this Agreement. No oral agreement shall be effective to in any manner

modify or waive any terms or conditions of this Agreement. This Agreement

shall be construed under the general laws of the State of Illinois, irrespective of

the late domicile or residence of the Husband and Wife.

5. To the fullest extent by law permitted to do so, and except as herein provided,

each of the parties does hereby forever relinquish, release, waive and forever

quitclaim and grant to the other, his or her heirs, personal representatives and

assigns, all rights of maintenance (formerly known as alimony), dower,

inheritance, descent, distribution, community interest and all other right, title,

claim, interest, and estate as husband and wife, widow or widower, or otherwise,

by reason of the marital relationship existing between the parties hereto, under

any present or future law, or which he or she otherwise has or might have or be

entitled to claim in, to or against the property and assets of the other, real,

personal, or mixed, or his or her estate, whether now owned or hereafter in any

manner acquired by the other party, or whether vested or contingent, and each

party further covenants and agrees for himself or herself, his or her heirs, personal

representatives, grantees, devisees or assigns, for the purpose of enforcing any or

all of the rights relinquished under this Agreement, and further agrees that in the

event any suit shall be commenced, this release, when pleaded, shall be and

constitute a complete defense to any such claim or suit so instituted by either

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party hereto; and agrees to execute, acknowledge, and deliver at the request of the

other party, his or her heirs, personal representatives, grantees, devisees, or

assigns, any and all such deeds, releases, or other instruments and further

assurances as may be required or reasonably requested to effect or evidence such

release, waiver, relinquishment or extinguishment or such rights; provided

however, that nothing herein contained shall operate or be construed as a waiver

or release by either party to the other of the obligation on the part of the other to

comply with the provisions of this Agreement, or the rights of either party under

this Agreement.

6. In the event a Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage is entered in the cause

presently pending between Wife and Husband, this Agreement and all of its

provisions shall be incorporated into any such judgment, either directly or by

reference, but in no event shall this Agreement be effective or of any validity

unless a Judgment for Dissolution of Marriage is entered in said pending cause

referred to hereinabove. The Court, on entry of the Judgment for Dissolution of

Marriage, shall retain, the right to enforce the provisions and terms of this

Agreement, which Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of

the heirs, executors, administrators, assigns, devisees, and grantees, of the parties

hereto.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Husband and Wife have hereunto set their respective
hands and seals the day and year first above written.

STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) SS.
COUNTY OF COOK )

I, Henry Tudor, and Anne Boleyn, being first duly sworn upon oath, depose and state that
I have read the foregoing Marital Settlement Agreement, that I understand the contents thereof
and have affixed my signature this 25th day of August, 2009.

_______________________________
Henry Tudor

_______________________________
Anne Boleyn

Subscribed and sworn to before me


This 25th day of August, 2009

___________________________
Notary Public 

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