PRE-NUPTIAL AGREEMENTS

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        Pre-nuptial agreements generally define property rights for two individuals entering into a marriage.  Such a contract usually  addresses the following issues:

      a) the status of property each individual brought into a marriage.

      b) the status of property that the husband and/or wife acquires individually or jointly during the  marriage.

     c) issues of support and alimony, where applicable, should the marriage become dissolved.

     d) the ability of one spouse to leave all, something or nothing to the other in a Will or other testamentary instrument.

NOTE WELL:  An individual's Will CANNOT supersede the terms of a bona fide Pre-Nuptial Agreement without the consent of the other party.