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 Just like a commercial contract, the validity of a family law agreement can be challenged for a number of reasons based on the common law of contracts:
-#the agreement was ''not freely entered into'', in other words, a party was under duress when the agreement was negotiated or executed,
+*The agreement was ''not freely entered into''; in other words, a party was under duress when the agreement was negotiated or executed.
-#the agreement is ''unconscionable'', in other words, the agreement is obviously and seriously unfair to a party,
+*The agreement is ''unconscionable''; in other words, the agreement is obviously and seriously unfair to a party.
-#a party signed the agreement without independent legal advice, did not fully understand what the agreement meant, and signed it by ''mistake'',
+*A party signed the agreement without independent legal advice, did not fully understand what the agreement meant, and signed it by ''mistake''.
-#the agreement was signed without ''full disclosure'' having been made, or
+*The agreement was signed without ''full disclosure'' having been made, or
-#a party signed the agreement because ''misleading information'' had been provided.
+*A party signed the agreement because ''misleading information'' had been provided.
 ====Duress, coercion, unconscionability and mistake====