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Discussions about prenuptial agreements tend to stir passionate responses from both sides. One side talking about protecting assets in the event of a split, and the other side experiencing a prenuptial as an indication about a person’s true feelings raising concerns about trust commitment.
Regardless of the perspective a person has regarding a prenuptial – the vast majorities of people do not get married with a desire or plan to end the marriage through divorce. Unfortunately, despite the intentions at the time of engagement, many marriages do end in divorce.
In a divorce, the extraction of lives entwined as a couple is much more difficult and emotional than just dividing up a few things. The emotion about the breakup bleeds into the division of assets and future individual financial issues. This is further complicated if there are business partnerships or other outside financial relationships.
A prenuptial agreement allows a couple to plan the split (which they never hope to have) at a time when they are feeling the most positive toward one another. The perspective each partner has prior to marriage is far different than at the time of divorce. A prenuptial is a contract of sorts that provides a framework for for future decision making and one that hopefully will never need to be implemented.
Why Mediate a Prenuptial Agreement
Mediation is a particularly good means of negotiating prenuptial agreements, as mediation is designed to build on agreement and positivism in communication as opposed to reinforcing or creating conflict. Traditional legal intervention is one of opposing sides: it is an adversarial process.
Negotiating a prenuptial agreement is not a fun process, who wants to think of splitting up when you are planning to be together? Mediating the prenuptial agreement is the most efficient and least adversarial means to complete the task, freeing the couple to focus on building their future together.
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Additional Reading:
- Mediation = Agreement
- Expectations: How Long Does Mediation Take
- Who Wins? Outcomes of Mediation
- Postnuptial Agreements
- Pre & Post Marital Agreements
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