Posted in Divorce, Domestic Partnership, Financial, Prenuptial/postnuptial on Feb 7th, 2011
This post on HuffingtonPost.com and this piece on Oprah.com (from the February 2011 issue) both have good–and similar–advice on how to handle financial issues going into a relationship.
The bottom line is that it’s best to talk about these things upfront, when you’re looking at moving in together or getting married, rather than later [...]
Posted in Divorce, Financial, Prenuptial/postnuptial on Nov 4th, 2010
This story has recently surfaced about a British Airways pilot in the UK, who has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his estranged wife. The pilot, married to heiress Joanna Brown, is suspected of killing Ms. Brown following a change in British law that would have made the provisions in the couple’s pre-nuptial agreement likely [...]
Posted in Divorce, Prenuptial/postnuptial on Dec 16th, 2009
The AP is reporting that Tiger’s wife Elin is seeking divorce. Citing ABC News, NBC News and People Magazine, the story reports that Elin Nordegren Woods intends to end her marriage to golfer Tiger Woods. Given the volume of news reports about his infidelity, as well as his own admission, it’s not a surprising choice.
An [...]
Posted in Divorce, Offbeat, Prenuptial/postnuptial on Oct 22nd, 2009
This story is a short update on the Smith and Walsh-Smith divorce and, despite the title, YouTube has a minor role in the update. The news is that, on Wednesday, New York’s Appellate Division upheld a lower court ruling that granted the couple’s divorce and found their pre-nup valid.
If you’re an internet regular, you probably [...]
Posted in Divorce, Financial, Prenuptial/postnuptial on Jul 2nd, 2009
In this story, Bloomberg.com reports that a UK court upheld a prenuptial agreement between a German heiress and a former banker. The court found that the agreement was entered into “willingly and knowingly by responsible adults”. In addition, the court found that the husband–who was challenging the agreement–had a “proper” understanding of it.
While this is [...]
Posted in Divorce, Financial, Prenuptial/postnuptial on Sep 22nd, 2008
A prenuptial agreement, or “prenup” is a contract that you would sign in advance of the wedding. It can be smart planning for the future because it gives you and your honey an opportunity to decide now how you would like assets and debts to be handled in the event of divorce or death later.
In [...]