If your divorce involves a marriage contract, do not assume that the document is valid. The family judges will check the validity of your marriage contract and, if the circumstances are right, the judge may annul the prenup and refuse to comply with its conditions in court. In many of these countries, marriages can also protect unstritried property and money from bankruptcy and can be used to support lawsuits and comparisons during marriage (e.g. B if a party has wrongly sold or mortgaged land set aside by its partner). People don`t often think about a marriage contract when it comes to death, but it`s a very important function of the agreement, because we always hear the statistics that “fifty percent of marriages end in divorce.” Marriages that do not end in divorce end in the death of one or both spouses. Here it becomes interesting when drawing up the marriage contract and different ways to make it expire. Follow-up agreements are similar to marriage contracts, except that they are concluded after a couple`s marriage. [4] When divorce is imminent, inheritance agreements are called separation agreements. [5] In addition, marriage contracts identify pre-marital property. This could include the size of the stock portfolio at the time of marriage, the valuation of the family business, the property with which each spouse contracted the marriage, etc. Without a marriage contract, it can be difficult to replenish pre-marital property and property acquired after marriage. Even if the spouse does not renounce his or her share of choice in the marriage contract, this document can help in the division of other property after the death of a married party. Marriage contracts have been recognized as valid for a long time in several European countries such as France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland.

Whereas, in some of these countries, there are limits that the courts consider enforceable or valid (for example. B Germany after 2001, where the courts of appeal have so indicated), a written and duly initiated contract, freely agreed, cannot be challenged, for example by arguing the circumstances in which the marriage broke down or the conduct of a party. In France and Belgium (as in Quebec, which has the same legal tradition), marriage contracts must be concluded in the presence of a notary. In a certain sense, the signing of a prenup constitutes a marriage contract. You undoubtedly have the right to think that he took a bit of the romance of marital vows. That means, years later, maybe you`re wondering. How long does your marriage contract last? When negotiating a marriage contract, it is advisable to consult a lawyer or mediator who is familiar with both divorce law and inheritance law. Pre-marriage mediation is an alternative way to create a marriage contract. In this process, a mediator allows for an open discussion between the couple on all sorts of marriage issues, such as expectations for work after the birth of children and saving and spending styles, as well as traditional pre-marital discussions about the distribution of property and helping spouses when the marriage is over. . .

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