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Law Demystified Oct 22, 2026
State-by-State: How Prenuptial Agreements Vary Across America (2026 Guide)
Prenuptial agreement laws differ in every state. Here's a plain-language tour of UPAA adoption, property regimes, and the rules that actually shape your prenup in each state.
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The Online Prenup Buyer's Guide (2026)
An online prenup is a premarital agreement built through a guided digital process. Costs, state rules, what to include, and when attorney review matters.
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The Prenup Report (2026): Costs, Couples, and the Shift Toward Modern Agreements
A data-driven roundup of key prenup statistics: how common prenups are in 2026, what they cost, and how marriage and divorce trends are reshaping modern agreements.
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- 01 Education Where to Get a Prenup: Comparing Your Options in 2026 Where to get a prenup: two attorneys, a guided online platform, or a free template. Here's what each costs, how long it takes, and how well it holds up. Sarah Kauffman Oct 24, 2026
- 02 Education Kelly Clarkson's Prenup: How It Decided Who Kept the Montana Ranch In 2021, a Los Angeles judge upheld Kelly Clarkson's prenup and ruled that the Montana ranch acquired during her marriage was hers, rejecting her ex-husband's claim it was 50/50 marital property. Sarah Kauffman Oct 24, 2026
- 03 Education Can a Prenup Protect Future Assets? What It Covers After the Wedding Yes: under California Family Code §1612(a)(1), a prenup can set the rules for property "whenever and wherever acquired," meaning assets you earn or buy after the wedding, not only what you own today. Adam Hollander Oct 21, 2026
- 04 Education What Does Full Financial Disclosure Require When a Partner Has Assets Overseas? Under the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act, a prenup can be set aside if a spouse was not given fair and reasonable disclosure of the other's property, and that duty covers foreign assets too. Adam Hollander Oct 14, 2026
- 05 Education How Financial Disclosure Works in a Prenup When One Partner Is Self-Employed Inadequate financial disclosure is the most common reason a prenup gets challenged, and self-employed income is the hardest kind to document cleanly. Sarah Kauffman Oct 14, 2026
- 06 News Privacy, Prenups, and Pro-Level Prompting: Libby Leffler on Your Mom Does AI First founder and CEO Libby Leffler joins host Katie Smith on Your Mom Does AI to talk about building an AI-native company, using AI without losing your judgment, and why privacy and consent matter more than ever. Sarah Kauffman Oct 14, 2026
- 07 Education Prenuptial Agreements in Mississippi: Courts Enforce the Words You Signed Mississippi has no prenup statute; its courts read an antenuptial agreement as a contract and enforce the words you agreed to, under Miss. Code 15-3-1's writing requirement. Liz Federowicz, Esq. Oct 12, 2026
- 08 Education Prenuptial Agreements in Montana: Planning Around an All-Property State Montana's Uniform Premarital Agreement Act (Mont. Code Ann. 40-2-604) asks only that a prenup be in writing and signed by both partners, with no notary or witnesses required. Adam Hollander Oct 12, 2026
- 09 Education Prenuptial Agreements in South Dakota: Why Spousal Support Can't Be Waived South Dakota adopted the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act, so a prenup here needs only a written agreement signed by both partners, no notary or witnesses required. Sarah Kauffman Oct 12, 2026
- 10 Education Prenuptial Agreements in Wyoming: Enforced as an Ordinary Contract Wyoming has no premarital agreement statute; its Supreme Court held in Seherr-Thoss v. Seherr-Thoss (2006) that a prenup is enforceable and read as an ordinary contract. Sarah Kauffman Oct 12, 2026
- 11 Education Prenuptial Agreements in Washington, D.C.: How the District's Uniform Act Works The District enforces prenups under its Uniform Premarital Agreement Act (D.C. Code 46-501 to 46-509), which requires a written agreement signed by both partners and no notary or witnesses. Adam Hollander Oct 12, 2026
- 12 Education Prenuptial Agreements in Alaska: How Courts Apply Brooks v. Brooks Alaska has no premarital agreement statute; its Supreme Court set the enforceability rules in Brooks v. Brooks, 733 P.2d 1044 (1987). Adam Hollander Oct 12, 2026
- 13 Education Prenuptial Agreements in Connecticut: Why Any Asset Is on the Table Without One Connecticut is an all-property state: without a prenup, a court may assign to either spouse any part of the other's estate under Conn. Gen. Stat. 46b-81, no matter when it was acquired. Sarah Kauffman Oct 12, 2026
- 14 Education Prenuptial Agreements in Delaware: No Notary, No Witnesses, Effective at Marriage Delaware's Uniform Premarital Agreement Act requires a prenup to be in writing and signed by both partners, with no notary or witnesses needed for validity. Adam Hollander Oct 12, 2026
- 15 Education Prenuptial Agreements in Kansas: Signing Rules and the Ten Factors Without One Kansas adopted the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act (K.S.A. 23-2401), which asks only for a written agreement signed by both partners, with no notary or witnesses required by statute. Liz Federowicz, Esq. Oct 12, 2026
- 16 Education Prenups and the Wealth-Transfer Generation: Why Young Couples Sign Before They're Rich Cerulli Associates projects $84.4 trillion will change hands through 2045, and younger couples are signing prenups to protect inheritances they have not received yet. Adam Hollander Oct 9, 2026
- 17 Law Demystified Does Alimony Reform Affect a Prenup? Why New Support Laws Don't Rewrite a Valid One A properly executed prenup generally controls spousal support even after a state changes its alimony law, because a valid contract sets terms the default rules would otherwise supply. Liz Federowicz, Esq. Oct 9, 2026
- 18 Education Prenuptial Agreements in Nebraska: Signing Rules and the One-Third to One-Half Range Nebraska adopted the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act, which asks that a prenup be in writing and signed by both partners (Neb. Rev. Stat. 42-1003). Liz Federowicz, Esq. Oct 9, 2026
- 19 Education Prenuptial Agreements in North Dakota: Under the Newer Uniform Act North Dakota follows the Uniform Premarital and Marital Agreements Act (N.D.C.C. ch. 14-03.2), which enforces a prenup that is in a record, signed by both partners, and effective on marriage. Liz Federowicz, Esq. Oct 9, 2026
- 20 Education Prenuptial Agreements in Rhode Island: Both Grounds Must Be Proven to Undo One Rhode Island's Uniform Premarital Agreement Act (R.I. Gen. Laws 15-17) requires only a written agreement signed by both partners, with no notary or witnesses to be valid. Adam Hollander Oct 9, 2026
- 21 Education Prenuptial Agreements in Vermont: The Bassler v. Bassler Test Vermont has no premarital agreement statute; its Supreme Court set the enforceability rules in Bassler v. Bassler, weighing disclosure, voluntariness, and fairness. Adam Hollander Oct 9, 2026
- 22 Education Prenuptial Agreements in Arkansas: Written, Signed and Acknowledged by Both of You Arkansas law requires a premarital agreement to be in writing, signed, and acknowledged by both parties under Arkansas Code 9-11-402. Sarah Kauffman Oct 9, 2026
- 23 Education Prenuptial Agreements in Idaho: Contracting Around Community Property Idaho is a community property state, so without a prenup a court divides your community estate in the proportions it deems just under Idaho Code 32-712. Adam Hollander Oct 9, 2026
- 24 Education Prenuptial Agreements in Kentucky: Enforced as Contracts Under Gentry v. Gentry Kentucky enforces prenups as contracts under Gentry v. Gentry (1990), so long as both partners sign freely and each fully discloses their finances. Sarah Kauffman Oct 9, 2026
- 25 Education Prenuptial Agreements in New Hampshire: Presumed Valid Until Proven Otherwise New Hampshire law presumes a prenuptial agreement is valid, and the partner trying to undo it carries the burden of proving otherwise under In re Estate of Hollett (2003). Adam Hollander Oct 9, 2026
- 26 Education Prenuptial Agreements in Maine: The Two Things a Court Weighs Maine's Uniform Premarital Agreement Act asks only that a prenup be in writing and signed by both partners, with no notary or witnesses required (19-A M.R.S. §603). Adam Hollander Oct 9, 2026
- 27 Education Prenuptial Agreements in Iowa: The Three Grounds for Setting One Aside Iowa's Uniform Premarital Agreement Act (Iowa Code Chapter 596) makes a prenup enforceable if it is in writing, signed by both partners, and built on fair and reasonable financial disclosure. Adam Hollander Oct 9, 2026
- 28 Education Prenuptial Agreements in New Mexico: A Notary Is Required and Support Is Protected New Mexico's Uniform Premarital Agreement Act (NMSA 40-3A) requires a prenup to be in writing, signed by both partners, and acknowledged before a notary. Sarah Kauffman Oct 9, 2026
- 29 Education Prenuptial Agreements in Oklahoma: Favored in the Law and Hard to Undo Oklahoma courts have long held that antenuptial agreements are favored in the law, and they rarely set them aside for fraud or misrepresentation. Adam Hollander Oct 9, 2026
- 30 Education Prenuptial Agreements in Alabama: How Courts Decide If One Is Just and Reasonable Alabama has no premarital agreement act; its courts recognize prenups (called antenuptial agreements) and review each one to decide whether it is just and reasonable. Sarah Kauffman Oct 9, 2026