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Prenuptials and the Marriage Vow 쏆쏆쏆쏆쏆쏆쏆쏆쏆쏆쏆쏆쏆쏆쏆쏆쏆쏆쏆쏆쏆쏆쏆쏆쏆쏆
“Courtship is the feast. Marriage is doing the dishes.”
Do I Need to Read This Chapter? ●
Am I about to marry, especially not for the first time?
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Do I have preexisting, separate property to protect? Does my future spouse?
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Does the subject of premarital agreements somehow make me uneasy?
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Have I thought about all the factors such an agreement should address?
renuptial agreements, like estate planning, are no longer exclusively for the rich and famous. The likelihood is great that people marrying today will have preexisting separate property to protect.There is no better method to protect a party’s rights, assets, and those financially dependent on each of the parties than by a legally binding contract called a prenuptial agreement. The terms prenuptial, premarital, and ante nuptial are virtually synonymous.
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What Is a Prenuptial Agreement? In addition to being a contract, a prenuptial agreement is a plan to achieve protection of assets. Those assets acquired prior to the marriage are known as nonmarital property, and assets acquired during the marriage are known as
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