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Article: Commentary: Can estate planners add value to prenuptial agreements?
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- Lawyers USA
- Article date:
- May 7, 2007
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Should estate planners be more involved in drafting
prenups?Because prenuptial agreements can fix rights not only on
divorce but also at death, and because they may have significant and
complex tax issues, more involvement from trusts and estates
attorneys in preparing these arrangements could be helpful. Indeed, I
would guess that more prenuptial agreements have actually impacted
rights at death then at divorce, as it seems logical that more
clients who create prenuptials die while still married then see their
agreements come into play in a divorce. And if the majority of
prenuptial agreements are intact until a client's death, that gives
further support to the theory that trusts and ...