prenuptual agreement

Pre-wedding legal document

A prenuptial agreement is a legal contract between two people planning to marry, specifying how assets and debts will be divided if the marriage ends.

It typically protects wealth one partner brings into the marriage or expects to inherit.

Her lawyer advised getting a prenup before the wedding.

Often shortened to prenup.

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