Premarital Agreements and the Young Couple

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Linda J. Ravdin

In Divorce & Family Law, Premarital Agreements | Tagged agreement, antenuptial agreement, death pf spouse, financial rights, financial security, marital rights, negotiation, nonmarital assets, premarital agreement, premarital assets, prenup, prenuptial agreement, property rights, spousal support, surviving spouse, validity

A premarital agreement is a legally binding contract between two people who intend to marry that determines the property rights of the surviving spouse upon the death of the first spouse and that may also determine property and support rights if the marriage ends in divorce. Not so long ago the typical person considering a premarital […]

Are Trust Assets Vulnerable to Claims of Creditors (Including a Divorcing Spouse)?

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Oren Goldberg

In Divorce & Family Law, Estate Planning, Trust Administration | Tagged assets, beneficiary, discretionary trust, divorce, equitable division, equitable division of marital assets, hybrid trust, independent trustee, marital assets, nonmarital assets, separate property, spendthrift, spouse's obligation, support trust, Tannen v. Tannen, trust

A question commonly raised by clients during the estate planning process is: “What can we do to ensure that the assets we give to our children will not be available to the child’s spouse at divorce?” (One answer is for the adult child to have a premarital agreement. See “Premarital Agreements and the Young Couple” […]