Prenuptial Agreement
A prenuptial (or antenuptial) agreement allows a couple contemplating marriage to determine how property will be divided and spousal support will be paid in the event of a subsequent divorce.
Prenuptial agreements often wind up in court. It is important to meet all legal requirements to ensure the validity of the agreement.
Full disclosure from both parties is essential. Disclosure normally means exchanging lists of your assets and debts with your prospective spouse.
Timing of the prenup is also important. Asking your prospective partner to sign an agreement just before getting married is a bad idea because she can later argue that she was subjected to "undue pressure."
Finally, it is a good practice that both parties have independent counsel.
Properly drafted and executed, prenups can offer the protection and additional security to enable a person to marry.
But there are pitfalls, and precisely adhering to the requirements will give the greatest opportunity for a court to enforce your true intent later.
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Here are the steps involved in a divorce in Florida:
1. File a Petition
2. File an Answer
3. File Required Affidavits/Worksheet
4. Discovery
5. Mediation
6. Final Hearing
Florida courts try to ensure that both parents have frequent contact with a child following separation or divorce. As such, the default time-sharing plan in Florida is 50-50 visitation for each parent, regardless of the child’s age or gender.
Alimony, or spousal support, is based upon one spouse’s need for financial support and the other spouse’s ability to pay.
Florida law provides for an “equitable distribution” of marital assets and debts in a divorce. Although the court must begin with the presumption that all marital assets and debts are to be divided equally between the parties, the court may make an unequal division if the judge thinks that is fair.
Learn about filing for divorce in Walton County, Florida (FL), including fees, process, and court.
Mediation is a process where a neutral third party called a “mediator” acts to encourage and facilitate the resolution of a dispute between two or more parties. It is informal and non-adversarial. As opposed to court, decision-making authority rests with the parties. A majority of cases settle through mediation.
Here are the steps involved in a divorce in Florida:
1. File a Petition
2. File an Answer
3. File Required Affidavits/Worksheet
4. Discovery
5. Mediation
6. Final Hearing
Alimony, or spousal support, consists of periodic payments made from one spouse to another during and following a divorce.
The Consumer Credit Protection Act limits the amount that can be deducted as child support or alimony from earnings.
