prenuptial contract
Pre-wedding legal agreement
A prenuptial contract is a legal agreement between two people before marriage, specifying how assets and debts will be divided if the marriage ends.
Often shortened to prenup.
The agreements typically address property, spousal support, and inheritance rights: Her lawyer advised signing a prenup before the wedding.
Once associated mainly with the wealthy, prenuptial contracts have become increasingly common.
- wedding bellsCeremonial marriage ringing
- liabilitiesAmounts owed to others
- clauseProvision in agreement
- fine printMiniature contractual text
- assetsOwned items of value
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- marriage lawdivorce decree, marriage certificate, matrimony, divorce petition, marriage license
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Contract between spouses post-ceremony
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Marriage ceremony promise
marriage vows · verbal promise · commitment ceremony · exchange of rings
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Spoken marriage commitments
marriage vows · marriage certificate · marriage covenant · marriage license · till death do us part
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