Hartin Family Law, NY Marriage is often approached with excitement, trust, and hope for the future. Still, it is also a legal commitment that ties together finances, responsibilities, and long-term ...

When it comes to family law, few legal tools are as misunderstood as postnuptial agreements. While prenuptial agreements often are familiar, postnuptial agreements — contracts between spouses created ...

A family law ruling filed last week by the Maryland Supreme Court confirmed marital settlement agreements are contracts, but the decision may ultimately have more of an impact on contract law and ...

Can a written marital settlement agreement be modified orally? What if the agreement requires that all future modifications must be in writing? After prolonged litigation, lengthy negotiations and ...

The Uniform Law Commission (ULC) approved the Uniform Premarital and Marital Agreements Act (the Act) at its 121st annual meeting in July. The Act provides a new way to bring predictability and ...

One thing is certain: life offers no guarantees, especially when it comes to the complexities of love and marriage. While prenuptial and postnuptial agreements can’t promise a happy or lasting union, ...

The goal of a marital agreement – permitted in Texas since 1980 – is to insulate the couple's separate estate from the claims of the other spouse and that spouse’s creditors and heirs. pixdeluxe / ...

I recently had the honor of talking with feminist writer and activist Alix Kates Shulman, who became (in)famous for her 1970 essay “A Marriage Agreement.” The essay laid out all the often-invisible ...