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Person V was a fifty-year-old single wedded person; J, a thirty-year-old two times divorced and a mother of two. Person V had invested in a financial portfolio and person J brought no cash or asset to marriage. Shortly after, the marriage deteriorated due to some financial matters. Throughout this period person, J attained control of most of V’s assets.
After three years, person J contracted person H to draw up divorce papers. Then another attorney person G advised person V not to sign because it will become a financial suicide. Even though person V signed the document. In the month of October person J informed person V, she was leaving him and vended most of his assets.
To discuss: Whether person V have to set aside the contract as an outcome of undue influence.
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