The applicant and respondent were married in 1993 out of community of property with the exclusion of accrual under a registered antenuptial contract. In November 2014, during the subsistence of the marriage, the applicant drafted a document purporting to be a postnuptial agreement in terms of which the respondent would set aside the antenuptial contract, entitle the applicant to half of his estate, and pay maintenance. The respondent eventually signed the document, but later disputed its validity, alleging duress and denying that it was concluded in contemplation of divorce. The parties continued their marital relationship until the end of November 2014, when the respondent indicated for the first time that he wanted a divorce. Divorce proceedings followed, during which the applicant sought to enforce the agreement as a binding settlement.