The first working Monday of January has long been called ‘Divorce Day’ with family lawyers reporting an increase in enquiries regarding relationship breakdowns and separations. Whilst there is a truth in those claims, Broadfield UK has seen a 50% increase in enquiries regarding prenuptial agreements as new couples begin to prepare for married life.
In articles for Blooming Fifties, Mum’s News, South East Online, South West News, Tea Talk Magazine and The Legal Diary, partner Vandana Chitroda discusses how January is more about celebrating engagements, with couples putting their minds to prenuptial agreements for their forthcoming weddings.
The concerns that may have surrounded prenups as ‘unromantic’ or making marriage ‘transactional’ are long gone. Today they are seen much in the same way as a Will – a sensible and practical financial planning tool that recognises the contributions each brings to the relationship. January is about new beginnings. For some that will mean separation and divorce, but just as 19 million people tuned in on Christmas Day to watch Smithy (finally) marry Nessa in the very last episode of Gavin and Stacey, so too will many also choose to start the new year with engagement and marriage.
Vandana Chitroda
Partner
The full articles can be read on the Blooming Fifties, Mum’s News, South East Online, South West News, Tea Talk Magazine, and The Legal Diary websites.
