What is a Prenuptial Agreement?
Posted by Michele M. Thomas on January 30th, 2009 | No Comments »
First District Upholds Integrity of Contracts in Recent OpinionA prenuptial agreement is a contract entered between partners before marriage, or civil unions in those jurisdictions recognizing those. The contract’s contents typically include provisions for the division of marital assets and spouse support in the event the relationship terminates.
Prenuptial agreements usually arise in two very different legal contexts: (1) divorce and (2) probate. In Florida, the rules applying to these two vastly-different courtrooms are exclusive of one another. My experience has been dealing with prenuptial agreements in the probate arena, where the marital relationship has been severed not by divorce, but by the death of one of the spouses. (more…)
