Prenuptial agreements are basically contracts that protect the interests of the parties who are about to enter into a marriage.  Unfortunately, many people hesitate to even bring up the idea of formulating a prenuptial agreement because they fear that doing so will lead to a serious conflict.  While that may be the reason that most people do not bring up the idea of such an agreement, a recent poll shows that many people carry regrets with regards to failing to sign a prenuptial agreement before marriage.

According to a recent poll conducted by Harris Interactive, 15 percent of all divorced couples regret failing to sign a prenuptial agreement before marriage, and of those 15 percent, 40 percent of them would not remarry without executing such an agreement.  While this may seem like a cynical attitude to take, many people have suffered tremendous losses because of the absence of a prenuptial agreement, and that's not necessarily because they lost assets that they would have otherwise kept.  Instead, the regret stems from having to spend the time and the money to protect those individually owned assets.

Prenuptial agreements are especially important if one of the spouses owns a business before getting married.  Few if any issues become more contentious than when a business needs to go through a valuation for the purpose of fashioning some sort of resolution to the property division aspect of a divorce.

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Clearly, prenuptial agreements tend to protect the interests of those who sign them more for the ability to avoid a fight than for any other reason.  Business owners who are about to get married need to protect not only their interests, but also the interests of any business partners, employees or others whose interests are tied to that business entity.

If you are thinking of getting married or you're thinking of ending your marriage and you'd like to make sure that your legal rights are properly protected, you need to seek the help of San Diego high asset divorce lawyers who have helped many business owners and executives protect their financial and legal interests.  Contact the law office of James D. Scott today to schedule an initial consultation.