Lisa Explains Trigger Clause Prenup Trend in The Wall Street Journal

Trigger Clause Prenup Trend

The Wall Street Journal featured an extended interview with Lisa on something she is seeing more and more of in prenup drafting: a “leaving the workforce” trigger.

From the article: “From her perch in Midtown Manhattan, divorce attorney Lisa Zeiderman has seen every imaginable marital horror story. Near the top of the list: Divorces where the spouse who stays home with the children is left with very little after decades of marriage.

“But over the last couple of years, Zeiderman said, she is increasingly being asked to craft prenuptial agreements that include a ‘leaving the workforce’ trigger. It activates if one spouse decides to stay at home and give up a career. Right now, she said, she is working on prenups with these clauses for three different couples.”

Read it all, here in the WSJ: https://loom.ly/SKsonPI

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