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Contents:
Part I: The law of premarital and postmarital agreements -- Criteria for an enforceable premarital agreement -- General validity and criteria for an enforceable postmarital (or marital) agreement -- Creating a valid premarital or postmarital agreement -- Spousal support -- Lawyers' fees and costs -- Child provisions, nonfinancial provisions, provisions governing the ongoing marriage, marital misconduct, and grounds of divorce -- Postmarriage issues -- Part II: Role of counsel, ethics, negotiation, and drafting the agreement -- Ethical issues in the representation of clients in premarital and postmarital agreements -- Information gathering, preparation for, and negotiating the terms -- Drafting the agreement : overview -- Model title-controls agreement with provisions for weaker party -- Terms for sharing agreement -- [Appendices].
Summary:
"This book focuses on the following aspects of representation regarding a premarital or postmarital agreement: The law of validity and the steps to create a valid agreement; The ethical components and the practical techniques of negotiating the terms of the agreement; Post-marriage issues; and the content of the agreement and drafting techniques to carry out the objectives of the client"-- Provided by publisher.
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