Category Archives: premarital agreement
How To Make And Break Premarital Agreements In Florida
Even if property agreements were nothing more than “divorce insurance,” they would still be worthwhile. After all, responsible people often obtain life insurance policies, especially after they start families, even if the likelihood of dying young is almost zero. But the fact is premarital agreements are much more and can actually strengthen a marriage…. Read More »
Overturning Premarital Agreements In Florida
Since there is a strong presumption towards enforcing spousal agreements in divorce proceedings, spousal property agreements are difficult, although not impossible, to successfully challenge. Fundamentally, challenging parties must establish that they had no meaningful choice as to whether or not to sign the document, either because the other spouse did not completely disclose all… Read More »
When A Fat Wallet Creates Trouble In Paradise
Most experts, and most married couples, agree that financial stress is a significant source of marital stress. Rather surprisingly, however, these disagreements most often occur among rather well-heeled couples. Typically, there is a personality conflict between spending and saving, one partner uses money in a power play, or there are disagreements as to money… Read More »
Starting A Marriage Off Right
New property owners do not expect the house to burn down, and they certainly do not desire such an outcome. But they nevertheless take out insurance policies, to be prepared for the unexpected. A premarital agreement is much the same, because although no one anticipates or desires a divorce, the unexpected does sometimes happen…. Read More »