On Behalf of Law Office of Michael D. Tracton, P.C. | Feb 28, 2013 | Prenuptial Agreements
Texas matrimonial lawyers learn through experience what makes marriages crumble. Couples who separate and divorce often have financial issues that include widely divergent views on how to save or spend money. Some divorce litigators suggest prenuptial agreements...
On Behalf of Law Office of Michael D. Tracton, P.C. | Feb 11, 2013 | Prenuptial Agreements
Premarital financial agreements were once considered forerunners of doom. How could a couple planning a lifetime marriage even think about such dark subjects as property division, divorce or death?Many Texas fiancés now realize that, despite sincere wedding day...
On Behalf of Law Office of Michael D. Tracton, P.C. | Oct 30, 2012 | Prenuptial Agreements
The oddest requests are beginning to show up in agreements that couples sign before and after they marry. Texas family law attorneys say couples have added financial punishments and benefits to prenuptial agreements over provisions like weight, infidelity, hair color...
On Behalf of Law Office of Michael D. Tracton, P.C. | Oct 16, 2012 | Prenuptial Agreements
States and courts have rules that vary when it comes to prenuptial agreements. The private contracts are signed before marriage to divide marital assets, according to a couple’s wishes in the event of divorce.The agreements can be simple or as complicated as...
On Behalf of Law Office of Michael D. Tracton, P.C. | Aug 17, 2012 | Prenuptial Agreements
Attitudes are changing about financial contracts signed by Texas couples entering into marriage. The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers reported a 73 percent rise in popularity for prenuptial agreements among engaged couples in the last seven years.Prenuptial...
On Behalf of Law Office of Michael D. Tracton, P.C. | Jun 20, 2012 | Prenuptial Agreements
These days, many soon-to-be married partners in Texas want a little financial protection just in case their marriage is among the approximately 50 percent that fail. Many states recognize prenuptial agreements as contracts that add up and define separate and marital...
On Behalf of Law Office of Michael D. Tracton, P.C. | May 11, 2012 | Prenuptial Agreements
Some couples view prenuptial agreements as guarantee of a future divorce. That opinion is fading as more engaged couples seek out premarital agreements to solve money problems that could happen due to divorce or a partner’s death.What if a couple misses the...
On Behalf of Law Office of Michael D. Tracton, P.C. | Feb 16, 2012 | Prenuptial Agreements
The signing of prenuptial agreements is often associated with the protection of individual assets in case a marriage falters and ends in divorce. Attorneys agree that prenuptial agreements reduce time in court, but add that the agreements serve a larger purpose....
On Behalf of Law Office of Michael D. Tracton, P.C. | Dec 30, 2011 | Prenuptial Agreements
Wealth and fame do not guarantee that a spouse’s divorce settlement is favorable or fair. Sometimes the mistakes of the very rich can teach those with fewer resources valuable lessons about settling property division during a divorce.Kobe Bryant was the National...
