New York Prenuptial Agreements Attorney

Prenuptial or Antenuptial agreements are detailed documents that are difficult to describe in a brief overview of this nature, but we hope that this provides you with some general and helpful information to consider, which is what is intended.

Attorney Diana G. Cunningham and our staff are very attentive to the needs of clients with marital agreement matters.  We pride ourselves on efficiently and effectively pursuing the nuptial issues our clients may be facing. 

• Part of what is often encompassed in these agreements is a mechanism by which the growth of one party’s pre-marriage assets do not become marital property or property over which the other party may have a claim. But the contract can also state that certain assets are shared, parts of certain assets are shared, or that upon one party’s death, the asset goes to the other party, or may other possible divisions and protections.

• Essentially, this means that you are creating a multiple purpose agreement: What belongs to whom if you do not marry, what will stay separate and what will co-mingle if you do marry, what will be whose in the unfortunate event that a marriage ends.

These agreements deal with estate rights, insurance and retirement beneficiaries, business interests and a myriad of other things. Often there is a provision to somehow protect a non-monied spouse upon the death of the monied spouse by way of an insurance policy, or as part of estate planning within the document itself.

This type of agreement also needs to address property not yet owned by either party, or what will happen if, during the marriage or relationship, one party or the other purchases certain assets. Keep in mind that “property” means both real property and personal property, sometimes referred to as personalty.

All of the items that would be addressed in a separation agreement or divorce action should be addressed here, the major purpose of this agreement being to prevent a Court from giving your assets away.  Please also view the pages for separation agreements and divorces to gain more information with regards to these areas.

Your agreement may well set forth items that certain items coming into the marriage will be marital property, but most importantly, you want to establish what will never become marital property for division by a Court at a future date.  You want to override statutory estate rights and statutory requirements for beneficiaries on various accounts that your spouse would otherwise be entitled to.

Contact us to discuss the details of your individual case.  Prenuptial agreements lawyer, Diana Cunningham, uses her dedication and experience to pursue your case to the fullest extent of the law.  Exercise your rights and explore your options by contacting Diana and our staff today!

Attorney Diana G. Cunningham confidently represents clients in a variety of family law, real estate and other legal matters in Syracuse, NY, the cities of Auburn, Oswego, Cortland Cayuga, the counties of Onondaga, Madison, Cayuga, Cortland, Oswego, and all of the surrounding areas.

Diana G. Cunningham
913 State Tower Building
109 South Warren Street
Syracuse, New York 13202
Phone: (315) 472-8655
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