Prenuptial Agreement
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OUR LEGAL INFORMATION WILL HELP YOU TO BETTER UNDERSTAND A PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT (PREMARITAL AGREEMENT) RELATED ISSUES.

Creating A Prenuptial Agreement.
Both people should feel they gain from the marital agreement.
 
and you have great optimism about the future you will build together. The last thing you want to do is jeopardize your love by discussing mundane things like who brings home t ...   More details

Credit.
Married people can apply for credit individually or jointly. If you take out a loan or a credit card in your name only, you are responsible for the debt. Likewise, if you both co-sign for a loan, you are both responsible for repayment.
 
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Differences in spousal ages are changing.
Women are 2.5 years younger than their husbands, on average. For first marriages, an increased percentage of women are the same age or older than the men they marry. About 38 percent of women in heir first marriage, who married between 1945 and 1964, ...   More details

Does my prenuptial agreement need to address "commingling" of separate and joint property?
Yes.
 
In most marriages commingling of assets occurs, muddying the water between his, hers and theirs. For example, if a person sells some of his/her assets and uses the proceeds to help purchase community property such as a home, dissect ...   More details

Easy ways to keep the flames burning 1.
13 gestures your mate will love.
 
When the stars aligned and the two of you first got together, romance was in the air. Fireworks exploded, birds sang, flowers bloomed. But sooner or later, "real life" intervenes. Suddenly, it's ...   More details

Easy ways to keep the flames burning 2.
4. Be a class act. Enroll the two of you in a day or weekend course to discover hidden talents or just have fun. Do your best to make sure it's something the both of you will enjoy, not just you; if your sweetie avoids the kitchen at all costs, pass ...   More details

Easy ways to keep the flames burning 3.
9. Create a calendar. Have a bunch of meaningful photos turned into a unique calendar at a copy shop, says Webb. (There's no law that says calendars have to start in January.) To really make this fly, help him out by noting key dates such as birthday ...   More details

Enforceability of a Prenuptial Agreement in Colorado.
Colorado adopted the Colorado Marital Agreement Act in 1986. This statute sanctions the waiver of statutory property and maintenance rights of spouses either before or during a marriage. Thus, the general statutory rule is that prenuptial agreements ...   More details

Feds Give Survivor Benefits to Same-Sex Partner.
More than a year after the Department of Justice announced guidelines for distribution of federal money to family members of those who died in the September 11th terrorist attacks, the Washington Post reports this week that the first award has been m ...   More details

Fifty eight % of College Freshmen Support Same-Sex "Marriage"
In its annual survey of incoming college freshmen released this week, the UCLA Higher Education Research Institute reports that today's young adults are growing increasingly liberal on a range of social issues, even while their religious involvement ...   More details