Do I need a marriage contract?

Our moms and dads, not talking about grandparents, with rare exceptions, considers the marriage contract corrupting Western influence. And yet this piece of paper - a way to avoid many problems that, God forbid, never stand in front of your married couple. But when we look at this issue from the side, we understand the expediency of this operation. But when we hear from their loved one proposal to conclude this very contract, the response is often, somewhat inadequate - from the offense, finishing with suspicions about the intentions of other personal property.

Marriage contract - is such a thing, to conclude which is never too late (at least before marriage, though after), so do not start talking for a day or two before the wedding. Compromise solution can be found always as a contract concluded between persons who love each other. If a person sincerely and devotedly loves you, it is unlikely he will be against the protection of your interests in a lawful manner. And he is entitled to expect the same attitude to himself. The mission of the marriage contract - to the stability of our fragile lives and regulate the legal rights of spouses in a marriage. He is able to save his family from a lot of trouble, both in marriage and at its dissolution.

In any sample there is a notary's office of the marriage contract. If it made additions, respectively, the form of supplements is also written with notarization.

Now let's try to clarify. Prepared this document at the place (registration) of residence of one spouse. The marriage contract can not restrict the rights of any of the spouses who give him (her) current legislation. He can not regulate the personal relations of the spouses between themselves and between them and their children.

Contract, certified by a notary before the wedding, comes into force on the date of marriage registration; designed spouses contract takes effect from the date of notarization. The contract can specify its duration, as well as the validity of its individual applications. However, some of its provisions (or the contract itself) can also act after the divorce.

After the conclusion, the document may be changed, it can be waived, it can be terminated or may be invalidated (if the court considers material situation of a spouse is very unfavorable or deemed contract terms contrary to the moral foundations of society).

Now some examples. In the absence of the marriage contract, all marital property upon divorce would be considered common; it does not take into account the means and methods of its acquisition. In the marriage contract as possible to clarify this point: to specify who owns what, or set the size of shares in the ownership of property acquired during marriage. You can specify the order of debt repayment, the participation of spouses in income each other.

Each spouse may make a point of mutual content regardless of disability and the need for material resources, items on place of residence of each of them after the divorce, the residency of children, and compensation for the use of the premises. You can set the procedure for collecting child support, other than prescribed by law (but the contract can not include the refusal of one spouse the right to alimony).

Thing is very good, but like a stick - double-edged sword. If you do not understand anything in the law, it is better to resort to the services of a lawyer. And despite a love fever, to the matter, if a joint decision to conclude a marriage contract should be approached with seriousness and responsibility. After all, their interests are protected.