Prenuptial Agreements

Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements essentially serve the same basic function: They help define ownership of assets in case a marriage goes sour. While business owners and wealthy families often use them to try to avoid unnecessary drama and litigation over the...

A prenuptial agreement may seem like the least romantic thing when you are planning your wedding. After all, you are getting married for better and for worse – and “until death do you part.” However, adding a prenup agreement to your pre-marriage to-do list can be an...

We’re living in the midst of what has been called the “Great Wealth Transfer.” People born in the 1960s and earlier are expected to pass on anywhere from $30 to $68 trillion to their adult children.  It’s only natural that some families are concerned when a young...

While the prenuptial agreement has historically suffered from a bad reputation, in recent years, couples have started seeing the document in a new light. Premarital contracts allow the couple to clarify the intangible financial assets and the real property each party...

Prenuptial agreements have gone from being something that only people with vast amounts of wealth used to something rather commonplace. Since you and your spouse both had things you wanted to protect in case there was a divorce, you worked one out. Now, time has...

People sometimes talk about getting cold feet the day before the wedding. They've been building up to the ceremony for months or even years, but then they get nervous on the verge of committing to spend their life with someone. In some cases, they even back out of the...

Most couples enter into a legal partnership believing that it will last forever. While many relationships do last the distance, the reality is that a lot of marriages end in divorce.  There are a number of factors that could lead to the breakdown of a marriage, with...

As a business owner, you probably spend a lot of your time and energy protecting, building and managing your business. Whether you built this company from the ground up, purchased it or inherited it, protecting the company and your interest in it takes careful...

Before Obergefell v. Hodges made marriage equality the law of the land nationwide, many LGBTQIA couples used contract law to protect themselves and their families. Now that it is legal to marry the person you choose, you may think your marriage certificate is...

Getting married is generally cause for excitement for Tennessee residents who are planning their weddings. However, it is important to not let the excitement interfere with efforts to plan for after the wedding comes and goes. While a prenuptial agreement may not be...