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Front Matter
The first page of your Marriage Contract contains your names and signatures, the contract title and the commencement period. -
Contract Background
Information about the parties to the contract, the circumstances that lead up to its signing, and what you intend to achieve through the contract. -
Purpose of Contract
Why have you've decided to design and commit to your marriage contract> It's worth thinking clearly about what these are, discussing them fully, and then writing them down. -
Scope of Contract
The range of issues that you both intend to cover in your marriage contract. -
Good Faith and Fair Dealing
In this section you both express clearly the concepts and duties and good faith and fair-dealing that form the foundation of your marriage contract. -
Full Disclosure
A marriage contract needs to be based on open and honest sharing of your values and circumstances. -
Marriage Provisions
Here you both set out your 'terms and conditions' of your marriage in depth and detail. -
Marital Home Provisions
Creating a home for your marriage: important issues to consider and agree. -
General Provisions
Whatever their subject or purpose, all contracts have a number of items in common. Lawyers usually refer to these as the 'standard clauses'. -
Notarization of Contract
In this section you set out the procedures for your wedding ceremony. This is moment when your agreed marriage contract comes into being. -
Schedule of Exhibits
This is an itemised list of all the supporting documentation for your marriage contract.
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