Idaho Code § 32-917 : — DOMESTIC RELATIONSHUSBAND AND WIFE - SEPARATE AND COMMUNITY PROPERTY —917 - FORMALITIES REQUIRED OF MARRIAGE SETTLEMENTS TEXT PDF All contracts for marriage settlements must be in writing, and executed and acknowledged or proved in like manner as conveyances of land are required to be executed and acknowledged or proved. Idaho Code § 32-917 [(32-917) 1866, p. 65, sec. 16; R.S., sec. 2509; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 2690; C.S., sec. 4671; I.C.A., sec. 31-918.]