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

Marital Money Issues.
When two people marry, they are agreeing to share a new life with each other. Generally speaking, they are also agreeing to share their "money matters" for as long as they remain married. There are many complex laws and rulings dealing with ...   More details

Marital Property Issues - How is separate property treated differently from marital property?
For most couples, the difference between marital and separate property matters very little. Typically it only becomes an issue if they divorce or if creditors attempt to reclaim property.
 
Upon divorce, the importance of the distinction b ...   More details

Marital Property Issues - What is "property"?
Property is anything that makes up wealth: real estate, money, personal possessions, investments, pensions, etc. Married people own property in which they have exclusive ownership rights as individuals (separate property) or in which they both have o ...   More details

Marital Property Issues - What is marital property?
Marital property is property in which both spouses have ownership rights, even though the property may be titled in the name of only one spouse. Generally, most property acquired by either party during the marriage is marital property. ...   More details

Marital Property Issues - What is separate property?
Separate property is generally property that a spouse owned before marriage or property he or she acquires during the marriage but as a gift or an inheritance. Most states follow a traditional system that treats each spouse's individually earned inco ...   More details

Marital Status and Living Arrangements report, March 1996.
- The median age at first marriage has been rising since the mid-1950s, to 24.8 years for women and 27.1 years for men in 1996.
 
- Between 1970 and 1996, the proportion of 18- to 24-year-olds who were family householders or their spouses ...   More details

Marriage and Divorce, 1998.
During 1998, 2.3 million marriages and 1.1 million divorces took place in the United States. That breaks down to about 6,200 marriages and 3,100 divorces a day. ...   More details

Marriage and Divorce. Census Bureau Facts 1998.
During 1995, 2.3 million marriages and 1.2 million divorces took place in the United States. That meant 6,400 marriages and 3,200 divorces on a typical day.
 
Between 1990 and 1995, the annual number of marriages dropped by 107,000, while ...   More details

Marriage contracts common myths
Myth 1 - Prenuptial agreements only for the wealthy. No. Prenuptial agreements are for ordinary people. Given the high legal fees and stress involved in a separation or divorce, the frequency with which relationships end nowadays, as well as peoples’ ...   More details

Marriage Faces Renewed Threat in New Jersey.
After six months of dormancy, the New Jersey same-sex "marriage" litigation apparently gained new life last week when the case was transferred from Hudson County to Mercer County. Michael Adams, an attorney for the Lambda Legal Defense and ...   More details