10/23/11

The Pros Of Having A Binding Financial Agreement

By Ray Latimer


The main advantages of a Binding Money Agreement are two fold. Firstly, it gives both sides with additional control over their property and greater choice about their own financial situation. Secondly, such an agreement reduces struggle and the chances of litigation in the event that the marriage fails.

In case you are considering marriage and either you or your probable spouse holds major properties and assets (or major debts), or if there's a significant differences in wealth, then a binding monetary agreement is one thing you need to consider. It could be the case that, by stepping into a Binding Financial Agreement, you will be allaying the concerns of the in-laws, or your family, in respect of protecting pre-existing sources and wealth.

But you will discover hurdles in having this Agreement. The Family Law Act doesn't give any kind of Court approval or acceptance or ratification. Several monetary agreements have already been voided or put aside on 'technicalities'.

It is not enough that an agreement marks the agreement among two parties to a marriage or proposed marriage, and is agreed upon by the parties after having received unbiased legal advice. These agreements must solely abide by current legislative requirements, or else the agreement will be non-binding and unenforceable, and the expense and the labor concerned in the preparation of the agreement will be for nothing.

So it is crucial that whoever drafts your binding financial agreement or recommends you of your rights within a proposed binding financial agreement is competent and informed about Family Law and Binding Financial Agreements.

It's critical that the Solicitor who drafts your Financial Agreement, will give you separate legal advice on the binding financial agreement, are experienced and certified in Family Law and Binding Financial Agreements, and are current with the Family Law legislation.

Whilst binding money agreements could be binding, you'll find conditions in which a Court may put aside a monetary agreement. These situations include fraud, unconscionability, or if there has been a material difference in instances and for that reason of the change a party to the agreement will experience trouble if a Court doesn't reserved the agreement.

Whilst you can find parties who are opposed to 'pre nups' and say that such agreements depend on the aspects of love and trust in between parties getting into a marriage, the practical attributes of binding financial agreements help to promote harmony and reduce the probability of dispute and a law suit in the future.




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