Premarital Agreements: Drafting and Negotiation, Second Edition

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Premarital Agreements is an updated clearly written primer that focuses on the fundamentals involved in negotiating and drafting these agreements, explaining the most critical aspects involved in creating a premarital agreement:

• General validity and criteria for an enforceable post-marital (or marital agreement
• The role of the lawyer in creating the agreement, various ethical components of an agreement and the practical techniques of negotiating the terms of the agreement
• Post-execution issues
• Text of a model agreement and drafting techniques to carry out the objectives of the parties. To assist the drafter, various options are given that allow the premarital agreement to be tailored to the client's specific needs

Author Bio

Linda J. Ravdin practices family law exclusively with the firm of Pasternak & Fidis, P.C. She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. She is the author of four treatises, including Premarital Agreements: Negotiation and Drafting (ABA 2011), TM849-2d Marital Agreements (Bloomberg BNA 2012), and Domestic Relations Manual for the District of Columbia (LexisNexis, updated annually) (with co-author, Hon. Diane Brenneman). In 2010 2012 she served as Co-Advisor from the ABA Family Law Section to the Uniform Law Commission Drafting Committee on Premarital and Marital Agreements. Washingtonian magazine has called her one of the nation's leading specialists" in premarital agreements. She serves on the ABA Family Law Section Governing Council. She is also a member of the ABA Family Law Section Publications Development Board and she served as its chair from 2003 2008. 0314