A Premarital Agreement Checklist is on Diana Mercer’s website, Peace Talks. Diana is co-author of Your Divorce Advisor, a book we bought in bulk to give to appropriate clients.Read More

Muslim marriage contracts have “long been a Muslim tradition. Most, however, contain just one key provision, that of the “mahr,” a gift usually of money, that the man gives the woman.” From an article in the Washington Post.Read More

The New York Law Journal, July 18, 2006, discusses a new case that enforced all but the attorney fee restriction of a prenuptial agreement. “An appeals court in Brooklyn has declared unenforceable provisions of a prenuptial agreement that barred a spouse from seeking attorney fees. A lawyer on the case said the decision was the...Read More

From the Family Law Profs Blog: Case Law Development: No Presumption of Undue Influence in Post Marital Agreements Absent Proof of Unfair Advantage “Wife filed for divorce. The couple then decided to try to reconcile and, as part of their resolution, they drafted a post nuptial agreement to settle their financial affairs. Four years later...Read More

James A. Hennenhoefer, Vice-President AAML, San Diego, CA presented at the AAML/LBA Family Law seminar at the LBA on April 21, 2006. Jim has been instrumental in the creation and running of the AICPA/AAML biennial seminar in Las Vegas. His topic at the KY seminar was Pre-Nup/Post-Nup-“Love me forever, but not my Assets”Read More