What You Can Do With A Prenup: A List

Posted on January 18, 2006 by J. Benjamin Stevens

Prenuptial agreements are most often used for the following puposes, this week, the first reason:

Keep finances separate. Every state has laws designating certain kinds of assets accumulated during marriage as marital property or community property, even if these assets are held in the name of just one spouse. If a couple divorces, or when one spouse dies, the marital or community property will be divided between them, either by agreement or by a court. If you want to avoid having some or all of your individual accumulations during marriage divided up by a court, you can do so with a premarital agreement.

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Janice Jones - May 19, 2008 12:30 PM

I currently live in Georgia and will be marrying someone in South Carolina and will be residing there also. Do I need to get a prenuptial agreement made in Ga or SC?

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