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Prenuptial Agreements (aka Antenuptial)

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Prenuptial agreements are more common than people think. Disagreements about finances is cited as a top issue among divorcing couples. Prenuptial agreements can help avoid financial disagreements and give couples peace of mind over their finances. The increase in popularity of prenuptials is attributed to a number of things, such as:

  • Many couples are living together for years prior to getting married and have maintained separate financial lives without incident. Some of those couples simply choose to not rock the boat. There also tends to be certain understandings and agreements regarding jointly held property and commingling of money and property that couples expect to remain in place after their marriage.

  • Some business owners and entrepreneurs desire prenups to ensure they do not miss out on lucrative business partnerships and opportunities. Potential investors and partners are wary of doing business with and entering into business ventures with married people. A divorce can be devastating for a business.

  • Celebrities and high net worth individuals have essentially the same incentives for entering into prenuptials as business owners and entrepreneurs. It is worth mentioning many celebrities and high net worth individuals also have the incentive of ensuring their fiancé desires to be married for the right reasons and not just for the money.

  • There are many blended families where each spouse has minor children, and the parents’ desire financial protections to be put in place.

  • There are late-in-life marriages, often times widow and widowers, who have significant financial assets or are concerned about healthcare related liabilities, and desire to setup protections for their heirs and their fiancé.

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In Tennessee, an antenuptial or prenuptial agreement “concerning property” will be binding if the agreement is determined to have been entered into freely, knowledgeably and in good faith and without exertion of duress or undue influence.

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If you are seeking to enforce prenuptial agreement, you must show you made a full and fair disclosure of the nature, extent, and value of your holdings or that disclosure was unnecessary. Whether you made “full and fair” disclosure depends on:

  1. the relative sophistication of the parties,

  2. the apparent fairness or unfairness of the agreement and

  3. any other circumstance unique to the parties and their specific situation.

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Make sure both of you have your own lawyers. Disclose all of your holdings. Do not present your fiancé with a prenuptial agreement after the wedding invitations have been sent out.

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For more information concerning antenuptial and prenuptial agreements in Tennessee, contact us and schedule a consultation. We are here to help navigate you through the Tennessee prenuptial agreement process.

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