Marital Settlement Agreement
Marital Settlement Agreement
Marital Settlement Agreement
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:
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
C. One child was born to the marriage. No children were adopted by the parties and Wife is
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
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.
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
Marriage.
ARTICLE II
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
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
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
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
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
ARTICLE III
ATTORNEY¶S FEES
1. Husband shall pay his own attorney¶s fees, if any, and court costs incurred in
2. Wife shall pay her own attorney¶s fees, if any, and court costs incurred in
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
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´
then and only in that event, it is agreed that this Marital Settlement Agreement
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
shall be construed under the general laws of the State of Illinois, irrespective of
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
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
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
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party hereto; and agrees to execute, acknowledge, and deliver at the request of the
assigns, any and all such deeds, releases, or other instruments and further
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.
presently pending between Wife and Husband, this Agreement and all of its
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
___________________________
Notary Public
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