In In re Estate of Pate, 119 N.C. App. 400, 459 S.E.2d 1, disc. review denied, 341 N.C. 649, 462 S.E.2d 515 (1995), the Court considered whether the parties' cancellation of wedding plans, and subsequent reconciliation and marriage, nullified their premarital agreement. Id. The Court relied on the intent of the parties, determined from the language of the agreement and the facts of the particular case, to find that the premarital agreement was not terminated by the temporary cancellation of the wedding plans. Id. at 405, 459 S.E.2d at 4. Because the agreement did not specify a time period within which the wedding should take place, the Court relied on general contract principles to conclude that the wedding must only have occurred within a reasonable time period. Id.