How to Write Your Own Premarital Agreement

by Haman, Edward A.

• ISBN13: 9781570713446
• ISBN10: 1570713448
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-02-01
• Publisher: Sourcebooks Inc

Summary

With a divorce rate over 50 percent, although unpleasant, it is wise to consider drafting your own premarital agreement. With this book, you can also cancel or modify an existing premarital agreement. This valuable document can also go hand-in-hand with a will and other estate planning measures to enable you, not the government, to control your property upon death. This book includes a state-by-state summary of inheritance and divorce laws, with forms and instructions.

Table of Contents

Using Self-Help Law Books	1	(2)
Introduction	3	(2)
What is a Premarital Agreement?	5	(6)
Divorce Situations
Probate Situations
Do You Need a Premarital Agreement?	11	(6)
First marriages
Children of Prior Marriages
Business or Investment Partners
What About Your Situation?
Should You Hire a Lawyer?	17	(6)
Do You Want a Lawyer?
Selecting a Lawyer
Working With a Lawyer
The Law of Premarital Agreements	23	(14)
In General
The Parties
Division Upon Death Provisions
Separate Property
Property Acquired During Marriage
Circumstances When Signed
Alimony, Child Support, and Child Custody
Pension Plans
The Law in Your State
Legal Research
Talking To Your Partner	37	(4)
Preparing Your Premarital Agreement	41	(28)
Basic Premarital Agreement (Form 1)
Tailored Premarital Agreement (Form 2)
Listing Assets and Debts
Financial Statement (Forms 3 and 4)
Schedules of Separate Property (Forms 5 and 6)
Schedule of Joint Property (Form 7)
Expense Payment Schedule (Form 8)
Addendum to Premarital Agreement (Form 9)
Changing or Canceling Your Agreement	69	(2)
Amendment to Premarital Agreement (Form 10)
Release of premarital Agreement (Form 11)
Appendix A: Glossary of Terms	71	(4)
Appendix B: State Laws	75	(54)
Appendix C: Uniform Premarital Agreement Act	129	(2)
Appendix D: Forms	131	(42)
Index	173