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| How to Use This Book | |
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| How This Book Can Help You | |
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| Using This Book to Draft Your Own Prenup | |
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| Our Assumptions | |
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| Icons Used in This Book | |
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| A Prenup Primer | |
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| How Prenups Work | |
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| How to Make a Prenup | |
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| Is a Prenup Right for You? | |
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| What You Can Do With a Prenup | |
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| What You Can't Do With a Prenup | |
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| Will a Prenup Work for You? | |
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| Deciding on the Specifics | |
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| Evaluating Your Situation | |
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| Talking It Through | |
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| Will Your Prenup Pass the Fairness Test? | |
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| Understanding Your State's Law | |
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| Which Laws Apply to Your Prenup? | |
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| Preparing to Review the Law | |
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| An Overview of State Law | |
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| Researching State Law | |
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| Do You Still Want a Prenup? | |
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| Assembling Your Draft Agreement: The Basics | |
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| Outline of Your Prenup | |
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| Using a Computer vs. Working by Hand | |
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| Choosing the Clauses for Your Prenup | |
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| Assembling the Pages of Your Draft | |
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| Sample Prenups | |
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| Additional Provisions for Your Prenup | |
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| Estate Planning Matters | |
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| Property Transfers or Purchases of Insurance Upon Marriage | |
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| Provisions Applicable to Divorce | |
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| Other Matters | |
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| Turning Your Draft Into a Binding Agreement | |
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| Planning Ahead | |
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| Finding Good Lawyers | |
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| Preparing the Final Agreement | |
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| Preparing an Abstract of the Agreement | |
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| If Problems Arise | |
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| Signing the Agreement: Formalities and Fun | |
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| Working Together | |
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| Five Keys to Working Together Successfully | |
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| A Suggested Approach to Working Together | |
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| Communicating Effectively | |
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| Negotiating Lovingly | |
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| What to Do When Problems Arise | |
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| After You've Made a Prenup | |
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| Storing the Original Agreement and Copies | |
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| Recording an Abstract or Memorandum of the Agreement | |
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| Following Your Own Rules | |
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| Completing Your Estate Plan | |
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| Reviewing the Agreement | |
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| Changing Your Prenup: Postnuptial Agreements | |
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| Closing Thoughts | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| How to Use the CD-ROM | |
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| Installing the Form Files Onto Your Computer | |
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| Using the Word Processing Files to Create Documents | |
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| Files Provided on the Forms CD-ROM | |
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| Worksheets | |
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| Financial Inventory | |
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| Credit History and Spending Habits | |
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| Financial Outlook | |
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| Prenup Goals | |
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| The Basics of Our Prenup | |
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| Comparison of Prenup to Law | |
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| Clauses for Building Your Prenup | |
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| Your Prenup's Title (Mandatory for All Agreements) | |
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| The Ten Basic Paragraphs (Mandatory for All Agreements) | |
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| Optional Paragraphs (Insert After Paragraph 8, Above) | |
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| Financial Disclosures (Mandatory for All Agreements) | |
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| Abstract of Prenup | |
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| Index | |