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Family

Sep. 24, 2021

Another cautionary tale for attorneys contemplating premarital agreements

A recent appellate opinion should give family law attorneys pause when considering whether to prepare premarital agreements. In this instance, it was attorney Ginsberg, a certified family law expert, who learned the hard lesson.

Jeffrey P. Blum

Law Office of Jeffrey P. Blum

Email: Blumesq@aol.com

Jeffrey is a mediator and family law attorney in Los Altos.

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Recognizing the perils premarital agreements pose to drafters of such agreements, family law attorneys justifiably hesitate in considering whether to prepare them. For example, determining the validity of such agreements may depend upon what a future Judge views as unconscionable years after the drafting of the agreement.

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