Prenuptial agreements have exploded over the past 20 years, not only
among celebrities, but also for all types of people who desire to protect,
manage, or enhance their personal, family, or business assets against foreseen
and unforeseen circumstances. Attorneys have been assigned the task of cutting
through a morass of issues to create agreements that achieve the goals of
their clients while meeting complex, and often subtle, legal requirements.
Drafting Prenuptial Agreements is the first guidebook ever to cover
this growing area of family law.
Written by Gary N. Skoloff and Richard H. Singer, Jr., Skoloff & Wolfe,
Livingston NJ, and Ronald L. Brown, Editor, American Journal of Family Law
, Aspen Publishers, Drafting Prenuptial Agreements presents a
pragmatic approach to preparing successful agreements quickly and effectively
in any situation by grouping together and identifying the common areas that
need to be addressed.
The authors guide you through planning the agreement and the types of issues
to discuss with different clients. This thoughtful organization gives you easy
access to the tools you need to clearly present the range of choices to be
addressed in each type of agreement and situation.
Five sample agreements create broad groupings of issues which let you quickly
zero in on the concerns parties at specific stages of life and affluence are
most likely to want covered by their prenuptial agreement:
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YOUNG-YOUNG, EQUAL ASSETS—For young people in the early stages of
promising careers, where each has some assets and wants to protect these, as
well as their careers, as separate property.
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YOUNG-YOUNG, DISPROPORTIONATE ASSETS—For people of middle age or
younger, where one already has, or is likely to acquire, substantial assets,
and wants to protect these assets as separate property, while reasonably
providing for the needs of the marriage, as well as the spouse and any
children upon divorce.
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YOUNG-OLD, DISPROPORTIONATE ASSETS—For a couple with a large age
disparity, where the older party has substantial wealth which he or she wants
to preserve for his or her estate, and also wants to provide for disability or
incapacity.
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OLD-OLD, DISPROPORTIONATE ASSETS—For an elderly couple, where one party
has substantially fewer assets than the other, yet is comfortable, and where
both want to protect their separate property, provide for a comfortable
lifestyle during the marriage and reasonably provide for the spouse with fewer
assets upon death or divorce.
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OLD-OLD, EQUAL ASSETS—For older parties with similar assets who want to
protect their property as separate, yet provide an arrangement by which they
can live commensurate with their resources.
Drafting Prenuptial Agreements includes a CD-ROM with sample
agreements and hundreds of time-saving clauses!
