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antenuptial

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antenuptial (prenuptial) agreement n. a written contract between two people who are about to marry, setting out the terms of possession of assets, treatment of future earnings, control of the property of each, and potential division if the marriage is later dissolved. These are fairly common if either or both parties have substantial assets, children from a previous marriage, potential large inheritances, high incomes, or have been "taken" by a prior spouse.


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An antenuptial agreement is a contract between two people who plan to marry.
However, when Robert Thomson was accused of antenuptial fornication (premarital sex) because a child was born too soon after the marriage he said
The Seventh Circuit also noted that previous courts had concluded that payments made under an antenuptial agreement or Marvin-type palimony payments are generally gifts, rather than taxable income.
 
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