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Uniform Premarital Agreement Act

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A quick definition of Uniform Premarital Agreement Act:

The Uniform Premarital Agreement Act is a law that helps people make fair agreements before they get married. It makes sure that the rules for these agreements are the same in different states. The law talks about important things like how to share money and property if the couple gets divorced, and who will take care of the children. It also treats agreements made after the wedding the same as those made before.

A more thorough explanation:

The Uniform Premarital Agreement Act is a law that helps make sure prenuptial agreements are consistent from state to state. This means that people who are getting married can choose a state to make their prenuptial agreement in, and the agreement will be valid in other states too. The law also covers important issues related to marriage, such as how property will be divided and who will take care of any children.

For example, let's say that John and Jane are getting married in California, but they plan to move to New York after the wedding. They want to make a prenuptial agreement to decide how their property will be divided if they ever get divorced. Thanks to the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act, they can make the agreement in California and it will still be valid in New York.

The law also treats postnuptial agreements and premarital agreements the same way. This means that if John and Jane decide to make an agreement after they get married, it will have the same requirements and principles as their prenuptial agreement.

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[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:55
How does one know if they are UR1 or UR2?
[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:56
CONGRATS MACAQUE!
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got a random stanford email and almost had a heart attack
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Miami A, yall I'm so excited I could cry.
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[] baddestbunny
22:16
every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
Dkk
22:32
Nice! @Macaque
Dkk
22:32
@Aromatic, Have to guess.
Dkk
22:33
That sucks @Bunny do you have to go to the hospital?
[] baddestbunny
22:40
I said accosted not assaulted
23:35
guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
1a2b3c4d26z
23:37
Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
23:49
it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
hows ED 2 compared to ED 1?
Dkk
0:10
No idea
windyMagician
0:34
reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
Dkk
2:21
NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
[] baddestbunny
4:29
let’s get after it boys and girls
Dkk
5:21
I gtg to bed soon.
Dkk
5:22
Big day today. Gunna be a crazy one. I will sleep through the first half.
good morning lsd it is 5 am EST
also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
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