Category: Prenuptial Agreements

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Many people across the country have changed their minds about so-called marital contracts in recent years, now fully appreciating their strong utility as planning devices for both soon-to-be and already married partners. Increasingly more fiancés and spouses are seeking the legal acumen of proven family law attorneys in fully explaining the parameters of prenuptial agreements […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

When love is in the air, young couples in Georgia and everywhere else across the country tend to follow its sweet song. That song can indeed be riveting, in fact, so compelling that it blocks out thoughts of everything save romantic ardor and getting that marriage certificate signed without delay. In retrospect, it might not […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

As big of a deal as marital agreements generally seemed to be even a few short years ago, such contracts are much more common — if not exactly commonplace — in Georgia and throughout the rest of the country these days. A marital contract is most typically understood to be either a prenuptial agreement or […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Many people are familiar with the prenuptial agreement, but post-nuptial agreements are becoming increasingly common and important. Stay-at-home parents in particular can benefit from these types of agreements, which are very similar to prenups except they are drawn up and signed after the marriage instead of before. A post-nuptial agreement, or postnup, spells out how […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Most Georgia residents and people elsewhere across the country are well accustomed to perusing, negotiating and executing agreements across a wide spectrum of matters. Indeed, many of us expect and insist upon it, not wanting to be shortchanged down the road or encounter unforeseen circumstances that lack a resolution process. We have agreements with providers […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

OK, you finally got around to signing that contract a few of your friends were constantly reminding you about. It wasn’t that bad — an online boilerplate document entitled “Prenuptial Agreement” that you and the soon-to-be spouse ran through in about 15 minutes and executed moments ago, just hours before the wedding. Your partner seemed […]

Continue reading A key cog to ensure an airtight prenup: proven legal help ...

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Plenty of anecdotal evidence indicates that people in bygone years and decades rued ever bringing up the topic of a marital contract with their soon-to-be spouse or just-married partner. For years, media stories regularly trashed the idea of a couple executing a prenuptial agreement or postmarital contract, stating that such pacts were like cold water […]

Continue reading Survey says: Improved economy spurs growing interest in prenups ...

Last updated on April 8, 2021

You obviously share a great amount of personal and intimate information prior to marriage with the person you intend to spend the rest of your life with. Here’s something you might have missed and that a recent article in The Wall Street Journal reminds you to discuss: your credit reports. That might sound like a […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

In recent years, marital contracts have emerged with greater clarity in the American divorce landscape in Georgia and nationally, with both prenuptial agreements and, to a lesser degree, post-nuptial agreements being increasingly recognized as instruments that can effectively identify and provide for the security of significant assets. Without a doubt, prenups are the more easily […]

Continue reading Postnuptial agreements gaining favor in many high-asset divorces ...

Last updated on April 8, 2021

If you’re a rising business entrepreneur or an already established business owner running a profitable enterprise who is soon to be heading down the aisle and entering a life of wedlock, you wouldn’t be adversely unusual thinking about a prenuptial agreement. In fact, many family law experts and business advisers emphatically say that you would […]

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