Part of your job as a paralegal will be to draft premarital agreements that are enforceable and address couples' reasons for entering them. Draft a Premarital Agreement, also referred to as a Prenuptial Agreement or Pre-Nup.Draft the agreement based on the laws of Texas or your state.

Scenario

Helen Smith and Sam Jones live together. They are not married but intend to become married in six months. They would like to enter into a agreement that spells out their property rights and responsibilities. Specifically, they want to make it clear that the house in which they now live belongs to Helen as her separate property, even though Sam has done extensive remodeling work on it. They each have separate bank accounts and they share one joint account. They want to make it clear that only the funds in the joint account belong to both of them equally. They each want to keep their retirement accounts.Next year, they hope to give birth to or adopt a child and want each to contribute $50 a month to the child's college fund.

Instructions

Research the state of Texas statutes to see what the statutory requirements are for premarital agreements.

Make a list of the requirements that a premarital agreement must meet in order to be enforceable. Provide a citation from your state statute.

Draft a premarital agreement, using the fact pattern above and anticipating as many potential difficulties as possible.Include any clauses you think appropriate (e.g., property rights, making wills, the duration of the contract, the education and religion of children). You should use one of the document production sources provided to you by the school, i.e. pro doc, westlaw, etc.