This paper articulates the various circumstances under which you may be retained to draft a pre-nuptial or cohabitation agreement. The author discusses the importance of the steps leading up to drafting and offers practical suggestions for how to protect yourself and your client in these types of deals. Appended to the paper are helpful drafting tips prepared for a previous LESA program.

This paper was drawn from materials presented at the Cohabitation and Pre-Nuptial Agreements program held in May 2012.