A Prenuptial agreement (also known as a prenup) is a written document like a contract that can be entered into by a couple before marriage or a civil partnership.

A prenup is a good way of avoiding any disputes and protecting your assets in the event of a divorce or civil partnership dissolution. A Prenup should set out the ownership of belongings such as property, inheritance, debts and income.

It is important to remember that Prenuptial Agreements are not currently legally binding in the UK, however, they are becoming more and more accepted by the courts as proof of a couple’s intentions should they wish to divorce in the future and providing certain criteria/legal obligations are met during the process of making the agreement.

Some examples of the qualifying criteria is as follows:

• The agreement must be entered into freely and willingly by both parties;

• There must be no undue influence to enter into the agreement;

• The agreement must not have been made within 28 days immediately before the marriage or civil partnership;

• Both parties must have received, at the time of the making of the agreement, disclosure of material information about the other party’s financial situation;

• Both parties must have received independent legal advice at the time that the agreement was formed.

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