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Premarital agreements

Despite what wedding magazines want us to think, sometimes marriages don’t work out.

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Premarital agreements help assure you that the property you owned before marriage, and any income from that property, stays yours if your “happily ever after” isn’t forever.

What a premarital agreement does

When planning to marry, couples often agree to a premarital (prenuptial) agreement to set boundaries around each party’s assets and liabilities. Premarital agreements often protect one spouse from the other spouse’s federal income tax debt or other liabilities.

A person who begins a marriage with income-producing separate property may want to keep the other spouse from acquiring the income earned from it. Premarital agreements accomplish that, and more.

Not a matter of trust

Despite the common misconception that a premarital agreement means the spouses don’t trust one another, that is hardly the case. A premarital agreement is like an insurance policy: it has your back when things go wrong.