Wedding Season Pre-Nuptial Bliss

This is a sponsored blog post from Consilia Legal

Are you getting married soon? Have you thought about getting a prenuptial agreement? 

Laura Clapton from Consilia Legal has lots of advice and knowledge on what to consider and whether it is the right choice for you and your spouse-to-be.

Wedding season is well and truly upon us. Many couples will be in their final stages of wedding planning. In those last few weeks leading up to the big day, they’re minds will be working overtime, asking themselves will the guests like the food? Will the day go smoothly? What will we do if it rains?

One of the questions that few couples consider however is…have we got a pre-nup?

Traditionally, prenuptial agreements (“pre-nups”) were seen as something which were only for the rich and famous with celebrity prenups including Beyoncé and Jay Z and Kim Kardashian and Kayne West (remember Kayne’s infamous lyrics “We want prenup! We want prenup!”?)

Although celebrities have been paving the way for a pre-nup trend, it is not only celebs who are signing on the dotted line before saying “I do”.

So if we put the celebrities to one side with their million dollar mansions, record labels and royalties. Why would someone like you or I want to consider entering into a pre-nuptial agreement before marriage? Here are some common reasons why a pre-nup may be worth having:

• You may already own a house prior to marriage which you feel should not be shared with your husband or wife if you were to separate in the future;
• It may be your second marriage and you have children from a previous relationship and wish to protect their future inheritance;
• You may have a business that you set up prior to the marriage which you wish to protect and avoid falling into the marriage pot to be subsequently shared on divorce;
• Your husband or wife may have debts prior to the marriage which you do not want to be liable for;
• You may be expecting a family gift or future inheritance which you want to keep separate from your marital assets or you may have family members who would feel more comfortable making such gifts/legacies to you if they knew they would be protected;
• You may want the certainty of knowing how you and your husband or wife will split assets if you were to divorce in the future to avoid expensive and lengthy court proceedings;
• You may have given up work to care for your children and want to have a formal agreement in place in relation to the financial support you would receive from your husband or wife if you were to divorce or to know what you would do with the family home for example.

The above are just some examples of why a pre-nup might be a good idea for you and your husband or wife to be. There are many other benefits which pre-nups can offer soon to be married couples.

If you would like to know more about pre-nups and whether you would benefit from having one in place, please contact me on 0113 322 9222 or laura@consilialegal.co.uk to set up a free initial consultation in person or over the telephone.

I wish you a wonderful wedding day!

Laura Clapton, Director & Family Solicitor, Consilia Legal

 

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