Whether you are entering a marriage, already married, or in the process of separating or divorce, there are a few agreements that can help protect your finances. The type of agreement you choose can ...

How Are Spouses Protected in a Marital Settlement Agreement? A marital settlement agreement is one of the most important documents in any divorce. It sets the terms for how spouses will divide assets, ...

My husband and I have an agreement. Actually, we have several agreements, but that goes without saying after 10 years of marriage. You can’t get through that much time together without coming to some ...

Spring officially begins on March 20 th – less than one month away. In Wisconsin, that means wedding planning is in full swing. One important item on many wedding planning to-do lists is a pre-nuptial ...

Can a written marital settlement agreement be modified orally? What if the agreement requires that all future modifications must be in writing? After prolonged litigation, lengthy negotiations and ...

The noted astronomer Carl Sagan and his wife married in 1968. In 1977, they signed a handwritten document entitled "Preliminary agreement, Marriage settlement," which contained property disposition ...

I recently had the honor of talking with feminist writer and activist Alix Kates Shulman, who became (in)famous for her 1970 essay “A Marriage Agreement.” The essay laid out all the often-invisible ...

When Real Housewives star Teresa Giudice married Luis Ruelas in 2022, public attention centered on the extravagance of the wedding. But behind the headlines was a critical legal omission. The couple ...