Virginia Premarital Agreements

If you need assistance with premarital or prenuptial agreement in Manassas, Woodbridge, Fauquier, Warrenton, Fairfax, Alexandria, Arlington, Stafford, Culpeper, Spotsylvania or Fredericksburg, Virginia, our attorneys can help.

The Virginia Premarital Agreement Act, first adopted in 1985, allows parties to enter into premarital agreements (referred to as "prenuptial agreements" in other states). 

Although any marrying couple may enter into a premarital agreement, some of the more common reasons for entering into such an agreement include:

• Marriages where the parties are older, and have significant assets they have acquired over the years, that they want to keep separate;
• Marriages in which one party who has acquired wealth through an actively managed business or investment portfolio wishes to ensure that the wealth remains separate property;
• Marriages in which the parties wish to clarify which items of property are marital and which are (and shall remain) separate property; and
• Marriages in which one party wishes to limit or eliminate altogether the possibility of spousal support (alimony).

Our Virginia family lawyers can help you draft a premarital agreement, or can advise you as to whether to sign such an agreement presented to you by a prospective spouse. You absolutely should not sign a premarital agreement before reviewing it with a knowledgeable family lawyer. To learn more about premarital agreements, contact us to schedule a consultation with one of our Virginia family law attorneys today.