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Published on: July 8, 2016

Validity of Premarital Agreements: North Carolina Law

Previous posts regarding prenuptial agreements have discussed the validity of premarital agreements in very general terms, focusing on the broad concepts of procedural and substantive unfairness. Procedural unfairness creates a very real risk that the agreement might not be enforced. Substantive unfairness is not so important, but it can create risk when the unfairness is extreme, or when the procedural fairness of the agreement is a close question. Continue reading →

Published on: July 1, 2016

Premarital Agreements: Inequality vs. Unfairness

By Woodruff Family Law Group

Previously, we highlighted the risks of asking a future spouse to sign a substantively unfair agreement. These risks are not triggered merely because the terms of the agreement are not exactly equal. Rather, substantive unfairness is present only when the agreement passes some minimum threshold of inequality. Continue reading →

Published on: June 24, 2016

Premarital Agreements and Substantive Fairness

By Woodruff Family Law Group

Our last premarital agreement post discussed the fairness of the procedures used when a premarital agreement was signed. This post will discuss the substantive fairness of the agreement itself. Continue reading →

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