Agenda / Content Covered

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time

1. Necessary Components of a Valid Postnuptial Agreement
   10:00 - 10:30, Heather Hamilton and Robert N. Hamilton
   
   1. Key Language
   2. Full and Fair Disclosure
   3. Validly Signed and Executed
2. Key Elements of an Enforceable Prenuptial Agreement
   10:30 - 11:00, Robert N. Hamilton
   
   1. Review of the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act (UPAA)
   2. Sample Forms
   3. Key Language
3. Identifying and Outlining Important Financial Data in Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements
   11:15 - 12:15, Heather Hamilton and Robert N. Hamilton
   
   1. Support/Maintenance from a Previous Relationship
   2. Pre-Existing Debt
   3. Retirement Benefits and Investments
   4. Establishing a Comprehensive Financial Disclosure
   5. Finding Forgotten or Undisclosed Assets, Liabilities and Income
4. Effective and Enforceable Prenup and Postnup Agreements - Key Provisions to Include
   12:15 - 1:15, Robert N. Hamilton
   
   1. Drafting and Negotiating
   2. Understanding Client Expectations
   3. Addressing Necessary Litigation Provisions
   4. Counseling Clients on Keeping Property Separate
   5. Drafting for the Duration of the Marriage
   6. Drafting in Anticipation of Divorce
      1. Property/Title
      2. Children - Custody, Visitation, Expenses and More
      3. Insurance and Retirement Benefits
      4. Other Key Components to Include
   7. Interplay of Wills, Trusts and Premarital Agreements
5. Ensuring the Agreement Has Been Executed
   1:45 - 2:15, Heather Hamilton and Robert N. Hamilton
   
   1. Establishing Voluntary Execution
   2. Verifying Information
   3. Provisions That May Invalidate the Agreement
   4. Case Law Review
6. Revising or Terminating an Agreement
   2:15 - 3:00, Robert N. Hamilton
   
   1. Should the Prenuptial Agreement be Revised or Terminated?
   2. Modifying Agreements
   3. Revoking the Agreement
   4. Drafting a New Agreement
7. Invalidating Prenups and Postnups
   3:15 - 4:00, Robert N. Hamilton
   
   1. Proving Disclosures are Unenforceable
   2. Was it Signed Under Duress?
   3. Improperly Filed
8. Ethical Considerations
   4:00 - 5:00, Heather Hamilton
   
   1. Conflicts of Interest - Can you Represent Both Parties?
   2. Handling Clients with Diminished Legal or Mental Capacity
   3. Protecting Confidentiality
   4. Attorney Fees

Accreditation Details:

HEATHER HAMILTON is as an associate attorney at Howard Family Law, LLC, where her firm solely practices family law. Her practice includes divorce, spousal maintenance, child custody, parenting time, paternity, and child support. Prior to joining Howard Family Law, LLC, Ms. Hamilton worked as a law clerk at Reinker, Hamilton, & Piper, LLC, in St. Louis, Missouri. She is a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association, Minnesota Women Lawyers, Family Law League, New Lawyers Section, Family Law Section, and First District Bar Association. Ms. Hamilton earned her J.D. degree from the University of Colorado Law School, where she was taught ethics by Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch; and she earned her B.A. degree from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

ROBERT N. HAMILTON is an attorney with the St. Louis law firm of Reinker, Hamilton & Piper LLC, where he practices primarily in the area of family law. Mr. Hamilton is a certified divorce mediator and is regularly appointed by the court as a guardian ad litem for children in custody disputes to represent and protect children. His practice includes legal separation, dissolution of marriage, maintenance, paternity, child support, child custody, modifications, estate, and probate matters. Mr. Hamilton is a member of The Missouri Bar, the Metropolitan St. Louis (Family Law Section) and the St. Louis County bar associations. He has served on the Supervised Visitation and Exchange Planning Committee for the St. Louis County Court. Mr. Hamilton earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and his Juris Doctorate's degree from St. Louis University.