Premarital Agreements: Drafting and Negotiation (ABA)

Index

• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Criteria for an Enforceable Premarital Agreement
• 3 General Validity and Criteria for an Enforceable Postmarital (or Marital) Agreement
• 4 Creating a Valid Premarital or Postmarital Agreement
• 5 Spousal Support
• 6 Lawyers' Fees and Costs
• 7 Child Provisions, Other Nonfinancial Provisions, and Provisions Governing the Ongoing Marriage, Marital Misconduct, and Grounds of Divorce
• 8 Post-marriage Issues
• 9 Ethical Issues in the Representation of Clients in Premarital and Postmarital Agreements
• 10 Information Gathering, Preparation For, and Negotiating the Terms
• 11 Drafting the Agreement: Overview
• 12 Model Title Controls Agreement with Provisions for Weaker Party
• 13 Terms for Shared Property Agreement
• Appendix A (1) Text of Uniform Premarital Agreement Act
• Appendix A (2) Text of Uniform Premarital and Marital Agreements
• Appendix B (1) State Law Summary—premaritalagreements
• Appendix B (2) State Law Summary—postmarital Agreements
• Appendix C Personal Information Worksheet and Questionnaire
• Appendix D Basic Title Controls Agreement
• Appendix E Additional and Optional Terms
• Appendix F Letters to Client
• Appendix G Letters to Unrepresented Party