According to Florida case law, it is not considered duress for one party to condition marriage on the execution of an antenuptial agreement. Simply stating that there will be no marriage without such an agreement does not amount to coercion under the law.
See: Ziegler v. Natera 279 So.3d 1240. From the case:
“It is not … duress for the proponent of the agreement to make it clear that there will be no marriage in the absence of the agreement.” Eager v. Eager, 696 So. 2d 1235, 1236 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997). Nonetheless, a party may not exploit another “for his [or her] own pecuniary advantage.” Berger v. Berger, 466 So. 2d 1149, 1151 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985) (emphasis in original) (citing Paris v. Paris, 412 So. 2d 952 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982)).
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