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→Avoid do-it-yourself marriage agreement kits
Staples, Chapters, London Drugs and other stores generally carry a wide range of DIY legal products, from doing your own will to getting your own divorce.
In my view most of these do-it-yourself kits are fine for most people most of the time. They are not fine for marriage agreements. Marriage agreements can be terribly complicated, more so than separation agreements, and must be drafted with a good knowledge of family law in general and marriage agreements in particular. I really encourage you to avoid Using a do-it-yourself marriage agreement kitskit is really not a good strategy.
If you figure that you absolutely must have a marriage agreement, it's well worth spending $1,500 to $4,000 to pay have a lawyer to draw it up correctly for you now, rather than spending $15,000 to $40,000 on lawyer's fees down the road if the agreement is flawed.
==Legal and formal requirements of a marriage agreement==