This document provides general guidance regarding Pre-Nuptial Agreements. Your family lawyer will be able to provide specific advice based on your circumstances.
A couple planning to enter a [marriage OR civil partnership] may decide to enter into an Agreement that shows what they intend to happen to their money and property if the [marriage OR civil partnership] were to end. The legal rules about these agreements come from the usual laws that apply to divorce/dissolution, and also a decision of the Supreme Court in 2010 (Radmacher v Granatino) where the court said: ‘The court should give effect to a nuptial agreement that is freely entered into by each party with a full appreciation of its implications unless in the circumstances prevailing it would not be fair to hold the parties to their agreement’.
Everyone has their own reasons for entering into a pre-nuptial agreement. It may be that you and your proposed [spouse OR civil partner] simply like