Family Law

Pre- and Post-Marital Agreements

Pre-Nuptial and Post-Nuptial Agreement Attorneys

Under the law, marriage is a contract. Pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements are simply additional provisions allowed by Texas law and designed to protect the people involved. Rather than let the state determine the terms of your marriage, you can use a pre- or post-marital agreement to define your marriage on your own terms. At Nichols Law, P.L.L.C., we believe that you need to plan for the worst but hope for the best.

The primary event to plan for in a pre-nuptial or post-nuptial agreement is a possible divorce. Divorce is never a pleasant subject, but it is unfortunate reality of our society and needs to be accounted for. Our lawyers can sensitively and carefully craft an agreement that helps ensure that you and any children will be provided for, no matter what happens. If this is not your first marriage, it is all the more important to document arrangements for the care of any children from earlier marriages.

It is also important to protect assets in a pre- or post-nuptial agreement. In the event of a divorce, you will need your assets that were accumulated before the divorce carefully spelled out in writing. You also might want to decide now what an eventual asset division would be like. Again, it is not easy to broach such subjects, but our lawyers have years of experience working through such issues sensitively and compassionately.

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Please peruse the rest of our web site for more information on all sorts of family law issues. Our Publications page, Family Law Frequently Asked Questions page, and Family Law Information Center are especially stocked with information that may help you. The more you know, the better a decision you can make; and what decision is better to live with than your own?

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