Evidence-driven topic library
Explore the evidence by issue.
These pages are generated from versioned source records. State-level text is displayed only when the current package contains a source for that topic.
An absent state is a visible research gap, not a claim that the state has no applicable law. Every page shows its evidence coverage and visible gaps.Semi-programmatic content
Fifteen issue maps
Structure, counts, citations, and state coverage are generated. The framing is manually constrained, and the legal summaries come directly from source records.
Signing formalities
A source map for writing, signature, notarization, acknowledgment, and related execution records catalogued in each state package.
Acknowledgment
Catalogued authorities that address acknowledgment, notarization, or recordable-instrument formalities.
Effective date
A state-by-state index of catalogued authorities concerning when a premarital agreement takes effect.
Permitted subjects
Catalogued statutory sources concerning property, support, estate, insurance, choice-of-law, and other agreement subjects.
Property
Evidence records concerning property classification, control, disposition, and related agreement terms.
Spousal support
Catalogued authorities concerning premarital waivers, limits, or other treatment of spousal support.
Children and support
Catalogued authorities concerning child-support or child-related limits on premarital agreements.
Amendment and revocation
A source map for the formalities used to amend or revoke a premarital agreement.
Voluntariness
Catalogued statutes and decisions that identify voluntariness or related enforcement inquiries.
Financial disclosure
Catalogued authorities concerning disclosure, knowledge, waiver, and financial-obligation records.
Independent counsel
Evidence records that expressly address independent representation in the current state packages.
Timing
Catalogued authorities that expressly address time between presentation, counsel review, and execution.
Public assistance
Catalogued authorities addressing support terms and eligibility for public assistance.
Void marriage
Catalogued statutory treatment of agreements when the contemplated marriage is later determined to be void.
Other limitations
Catalogued authorities addressing public policy, unconscionability, statutory limits, or other enforcement boundaries.