prenuptial agreement

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prenuptial agreement (antenuptial 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 agreements are fairly common if either or both parties have substantial assets, children from a prior marriage, potential inheritances, high incomes, or have been "taken" by a prior spouse. (See: antenuptial agreement)

prenuptial agreement

see ANTENUPTIAL AGREEMENT.

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It is true to say that pre-nuptial agreements are not legally enforceable in themselves, but subject to them being drawn up properly with financial disclosure and proper legal advice, it is something which the court increasingly considers to be relevant as part of all of the factors they take into account when dealing with finances on the breakdown of a marriage.

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Mr Crossley's lawyers said the final decision after the hearing in February next year should provide long-awaited clarification on the degree to which pre-nuptial agreements are binding in the courts.