Marital/civil partnership agreements

The term marital agreement here covers both pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements in the context of marriage and civil partnership.

A pre-nuptial (or pre-registration) agreement is a contract between the parties to an intended marriage or civil partnership that seeks to regulate their affairs in the event that their relationship ends. For the majority, financial arrangements will be the main focus of such agreements, but the parties may also agree in what jurisdiction their divorce or dissolution suit will proceed.

Pre-nuptial agreements are not formally binding in England and Wales. They have been regarded by the court as persuasive and even ‘decisive’ and a pre-nuptial agreement may influence the outcome of an application for a financial remedy, either as part of all the circumstances

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