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Ready for Splitsville? Divorce attorneys update the book.


FOR attorneys Scott Weston and Robert Nachshin, there's no such thing as a last word on pre-nuptial agreements.

They made names for themselves in 2000, when they successfully defended baseball star Barry Bonds Barry Lamar Bonds (born July 24 1964 in Riverside, California) is a left fielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He is the son of former major league All-Star Bobby Bonds, the godson of Hall of Famer Willie Mays, and a distant cousin of Hall of Famer Reggie  in a case involving a pre-nup agreement. The case was particularly contentious, in part because Bonds was making $106,000 when he married Sun Bonds and $8 million when they split six years later. Further complicating the issue: When the pair stopped at Bonds' lawyer's office to sign the pre-nup on the way to the airport for their Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States.  wedding, the slugger had his financial adviser and two lawyers in attendance while Sun had only a friend from Sweden with her. The case went all the way to the California Supreme Court, where the justices set a precedent by ruling prenuptial pacts enforceable, whether both sides have legal representation or not.

Last week, Weston and Nachshin issued a second edition of their 2004 book, "I Do, You Do ... But Just Sign Here: A Quick and Easy Guide to Cohabitation A living arrangement in which an unmarried couple lives together in a long-term relationship that resembles a marriage.

Couples cohabit, rather than marry, for a variety of reasons. They may want to test their compatibility before they commit to a legal union.
, Prenuptial and Postnuptial post·nup·tial  
adj.
Belonging to the period after marriage.



post·nuptial·ly adv.

Adj. 1.
 Agreements."

"My view is everybody should at least explore whether or not a prenuptial agreement prenuptial agreement (antenuptial agreement) n. a written contract between two people who are about to marry, setting out the terms of possession of assets, treatment of future earnings, control of the property of each, and potential division if the marriage is later  would be right for them," Weston said, noting that tangible assets aren't the only thing at stake. Intellectual properties, like a screenplay or business idea, "can manifest themselves into future earnings," he said.

Weston also said it's not only married couples who need to protect themselves, particularly with the proliferation of same-sex unions and other live-in arrangements.

"Domestic partnerships are viewed similarly to marital partnerships. However, many people entering into them don't realize the serious legal consequences if and when those partnerships dissolve," he said.

The purpose of the book, according to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 Weston, "is to suggest a broader scope of people who now have to concerned about what it means when they say 'I do,' or 'I register.'"

The attorneys also have augmented the book with anecdotes about some of their well-known clients. The duo has represented Calvin Brodeus (a.k.a. Snoop Dog), Robert Iger, David Cassidy, Oscar de la Hoya Oscar de la Hoya (IPA pronunciation: [ˈɑs.kɛɹ dɛ.lɑ.ˈhɔɪ.jɑ][1]) (born February 4, 1973) — nicknamed the Golden Boy , screenwriter and author Terry' McMillan, and the former wives of Rod Stewart and Will Smith.
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Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
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