Prenuptial Agreements: How to Write a Fair & Lasting Contract
Prenuptial Agreements: How to Write a Fair & Lasting Contract
Marriage is so much more than a great wedding. It's also a legal contract that binds two people together in many aspects of life, including finances. If you and your spouse can't agree on how to divide assets in the event of a split, the state may end up deciding that for you. Fortunately, you can create a customized prenuptial agreement that addresses your concerns, including:
Combining Nolo's legal expertise and plain-English writing, Prenuptial Agreements makes a potentially touchy subject easy to deal with while explaining how to create a valid contract. This easy-to-use book covers:
- protecting each other from debts
- taking care of children from a previous marriage
- clarifying financial responsibilities
- protecting hard-earned assets
- and much more
Prenuptial Agreements makes a potentially touchy subject easy to deal with while explaining the foundations of a solid contract. The 6th edition is completely updated to provide the latest laws of your state and includes instructions any couple can use to write a clear agreement.
With Downloadable Forms: Easy-to-use worksheets and essential agreement clauses that help you get organized are available for download (details inside).
Author: Katherine Stoner, Shae Irving
Publisher: NOLO
Published: 10/29/2019
Pages: 408
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.90h x 7.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781413326550
About the Author
Irving, Shae: - Shae Irving has written and edited for Nolo since 1994, specializing in estate planning and family law issues. She has written or co-written books and software, including Prenuptial Agreements: How to Write a Fair and Lasting Contract, Living Wills and Powers of Attorney for California, Get It Together: Organize Your Records So Your Family Won't Have To, and Nolo's Quicken WillMaker Plus software. Shae graduated from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley.Stoner, Katherine: - Katherine E. Stoner is a superior court commissioner in Monterey County, California. Prior to that, she was a certified family law specialist, with a practice focused primarily on family law and mediation. She was a founding member of Collaborative Practice of Monterey County. She is also the coauthor of Prenuptial Agreements: How to Write a Fair & Lasting Contract (Nolo). Katherine has been a trainer at the Center for Mediation in Law in Marin County, California, and is an adjunct faculty member at Monterey College of Law, where she teaches community property, family law, and mediation.