Premarital and Postmarital Agreements

Practice Areas Premarital and Postmarital Agreements

We work with clients to negotiate and draft prenuptial and postnuptial agreements in order to resolve financial and estate issues that may arise as a result of marriage, death and divorce. We work with the parties through the negotiation, disclosure and drafting processes to help couples understand and fashion reasonable nuptial agreements to address a wide variety of issues.

Planning in this area may include:

• Consideration for the disposition of wealth upon divorce via equitable distribution and/or alimony
• Planning for the disposition of wealth upon death including personal and trust planning
• Defining and/or waiving rights in the context of dissolution of marriage as well as inheritance rights
• Structuring equitable definitions of separate and joint property interests during and after a marriage
• Addressing homestead issues
• Planning for the disposition of retirement assets
• Providing for and clarifying property rights of children (of the marriage and/or from prior marriages), particularly upon divorce or death
• Assisting clients in understanding questions that can arise as to fairness of a proposal’s terms, as well as the manner in which an agreement is negotiated and executed