Drafting Marriage Contracts in Florida

A Florida guide to premarital and marital settlement agreements, this volume has standards, tips, and forms for writing and defending these agreements.
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ISBN: 9781663377869
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This invaluable work guides the practitioner through the delicate process of drafting premarital and marital settlement agreements designed to reflect the intent of both parties, as well as withstand future efforts to modify the contracts. Coverage includes general standards for drafting and review, tax consequences of alimony, support, and property settlement provisions, use of agreements in estate planning, guidance for challenging, modifying, and enforcing agreements, and more. Updates include:

  • Updated rules, statutes, and recent case law.
  • Changes to alimony, including the removal of permanent alimony.
  • Changes to F.S. 61.08 and 61.14.
  • Changes to requirements for modifying parents plans and timesharing under F.S. 61.13.

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The 13th Edition ISBN was 9781663328267.

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Table of contents

Chapter 1  Overview
Susan W. Savard

Chapter 2  Premarital Agreements
Amy Hamlin

Chapter 3  Marital Settlement Agreements
Martin Deptula

Chapter 4  Tax Consequences of Dissolution, Separation, and Property Settlements
Jennifer E. Murphy and Matthew Lundy

Chapter 5  Estate Planning
Jeffrey A. Baskies

Chapter 6  Challenging, Modifying, and Enforcing Agreements
Cory Brandfon and Ashley Elizabeth Taylor

INDEXES
Citation Index
Case Index
Subject Index