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Prenuptial Agreements

By Marcy L. Wachtel
January 27, 2011

In last month's newsletter we noted that the euphoria brought on by the prospect of an upcoming marriage can be replaced by anger, fear and distrust when one of the parties presents the other with a prenuptial agreement to sign. Your advice to the non-monied future spouse on the issues that need to be covered during negotiations and the pitfalls to avoid can make all the difference in calming the situation and ensuring your client is not shortchanged in the event of death or divorce. Herein, we continue our discussion.

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