premarital agreements
Before-wedding legal documents
Premarital agreements are legal contracts signed before marriage, specifying how assets, debts, and property will be divided if the marriage ends.
Also called prenuptial agreements or prenups.
They typically address financial matters—spousal support, inheritance rights, business ownership—rather than child custody, which courts decide independently.
They signed a premarital agreement protecting her family's estate.
- assetsOwned items of value
- contract lawRules governing binding agreements
- liabilitiesAmounts owed to others
- draftingCreating technical blueprints
- family lawJurisprudence of households
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premarital agreementscommunity property
Jointly owned spousal assets
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