The Practical Pre-Nup: Why Clients Should Choose Mediation or Collaborative Law to Create a Premarital or Postmarital Agreement
by Belinda Hanson and Mu-en Steeg2007-05-28
Introduction
Most of us who still draft premarital agreements worry more about the substance of the agreement than the process of reaching an agreement. We wring our hands about whether to "sign off" on a spousal support waiver provision, but we may not think twice about the destructive process of receiving a fully drafted premarital agreement that calls for a complete waiver of spousal support without any advance discussion between the couple. This article explains the importance of involving both parties in creating a premarital agreement, and what that process should look like. This same process should also be used to create postmarital agreements.
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