2017 New Jersey Revised Statutes
TITLE 37 - MARRIAGES AND MARRIED PERSONS
Section 37:2-34 - Contents of premarital or pre-civil union agreement.

Universal Citation: NJ Rev Stat § 37:2-34 (2017)

37:2-34 Contents of premarital or pre-civil union agreement.

37:2-34. Contents of premarital or pre-civil union agreement.

Parties to a premarital or pre-civil union agreement may contract with respect to:

a. The rights and obligations of each of the parties in any of the property of either or both of them whenever and wherever acquired or located;

b. The right to buy, sell, use, transfer, exchange, abandon, lease, consume, expend, assign, create a security interest in, mortgage, encumber, dispose of, or otherwise manage and control property;

c. The disposition of property upon separation, marital dissolution, dissolution of a civil union, death, or the occurrence or nonoccurrence of any other event;

d. The modification or elimination of spousal or one partner in a civil union couple support;

e. The making of a will, trust, or other arrangement to carry out the provisions of the agreement;

f. The ownership rights in and disposition of the death benefit from a life insurance policy;

g. The choice of law governing the construction of the agreement; and

h. Any other matter, including their personal rights and obligations, not in violation of public policy.

L.1988, c.99; amended 2006, s.103, s.29.

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