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→When a marriage agreement is a good idea
*one of the parties expects to acquire substantial property during the marriage, through, for example, a business, an inheritance, a settlement or court award, or a gift,
*the parties want to avoid some of the stress and anger that can come after separation by deciding in <span class="noglossary">advance</span> how certain difficult issues, like the division of family property and family debt, will be dealt with,
*one or both of the parties experienced an ugly court battle in leaving a previous marriagerelationship,
*one or both of the parties will be bringing children from a previous relationship into the marriage, or
*one of the parties is entering the marriage with substantial debt.