Prenuptial & Postnuptial Agreements
Brooklyn-based Prenup Attorney
What Is a Prenuptial Agreement?
The purpose is to protect the assets, personal and business, of an individual who has spent a lifetime, or whose family has spent a generation, growing. Society is well acquainted with the Prenuptial Agreement – which essentially lays out what the terms of a potential separation and divorce will be like.
They don’t always stick, and in some cases can be nullified if they were written outside of reasonable or fair terms to begin with.
The key to crafting prenuptial & postnuptial agreements that will hold up down the road is to have someone well-experienced with New York divorce laws. Mary Katherine Brown is a dedicated New York family attorney with extensive experience drafting New York prenup agreements.
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What Is a Postnuptial Agreement?
A Postnuptial agreement can take the form of a modification of an agreement that began as a Prenuptial Agreement, or it can lay out the terms for an anticipated divorce. For instance, if a couple plans to divide their household assets at the time that their youngest child graduates from high school – or if they are disabled – meets a particular milestone.
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