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Premarital Agreements

Premarital agreements can promote more effective communication about finances and property between prospective spouses and help reduce conflict in the event of a divorce.

Protect your assets and safeguard yourself from your partner’s debts.

Protect Your Future with a Prenup

Harmony Family Law Mediation Group in Los Angeles has the legal expertise to write fair and lasting premarital (prenuptial) agreements that are valid and enforceable.

We will explain what you can and cannot do, and then talk through the specifics.

Here are some key elements that premarital agreements (prenups) can address.

  • Sharing of financial resources
  • Property characterization and management
  • Keeping individual assets and debts separate
  • Maintaining assets brought into the relationship
  • Payment of living expenses
  • Spousal support in the event of separation or divorce

Should You Get a Premarital Agreement?

We will help you understand the issues to decide whether a prenuptial agreement is right for you.

Generally speaking, if you answer YES to any of these questions, you should get a premarital (prenuptial) agreement.

  • If either of you have substantial assets and property.
  • If either of you have significant debts and obligations.
  • If you have been previously married and divorced, or are planning to marry later in life.
  • If you have children from a prior marriage.
  • If you want guidelines and a framework of how to define your future property rights.
  • If you want to be prepared for uncertainties of the law regarding division of real property, a business, other assets, rights to spousal support, etc.

Premarital Agreements FAQ Help Center

Popular questions

We’ve put together a list of the most common premarital (prenuptial) questions that clients will ask us during an initial consultation, regardless of the particulars of their case.

Premarital agreements (also called a prenuptial agreement or just a “prenup”) are contracts between two people before they marry.

They define the financial parameters of the relationship by setting out each party’s assets, debts and property rights before the marriage. They establish procedures and guidelines for deciding the issues in the event of a divorce or death.

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Christine Kerian

Attorney at Law/Mediator

As principal of Harmony Family Law Mediation Group with over 24 years experience exclusively in family law matters, Christine has great knowledge on how to handle and resolve complex family disputes without going to court.

Christine Kerian earned her law degree in 1997 from Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles. Christine was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1998.

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Memberships and Associations

  • LACFLA: Los Angeles Consensual Dispute Resolution Family Law Association
  • Family Divorce Solutions of San Fernando Valley
  • Pasadena Collaborative Divorce
  • Virtual Divorce California
  • Collaborative Divorce California
  • IACP: International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
  • SCMA: Southern California Mediation Association
  • LACBA: Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • Silver Lake Chamber of Commerce
  • GAMHPA: Glendale Area Mental Health Professionals Association

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