Prenuptial and PostNuptial Agreements

Administrator | February 25, 2010

I receive calls all the time from people who are about to be married — or who have already tied the knot — wanting to know whether or not they should prepare a prenuptial (or postnuptial) agreement and what the process entails.
I came upon the following post on the topic that is well-written [...]

Discuss Financial Issues Before You Get Married

Administrator | November 5, 2009

As a Connecticut lawyer, I often represent people who are seeking divorce. One of the most common reasons they site for the breakdown of the marriage is money. Rather, differences in opinion over financial issues and strategies.
An article published in the New York Times suggests that couples talk about four main [...]

Louisiana Justice of the Peace Refuses to Issue Marriage License to Interracial Couple: Loving v. Virginia Revisited?

Administrator | October 19, 2009

In the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court case, Loving v. Virginia, the unanimous court decided that, “[u]nder our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual and cannot be infringed by the State.”
Apparently, Louisiana Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell hasn’t been paying attention. Bardwell, who [...]