（第三册）婚前协议(2/7)

They have been gaining in acceptance in the United States since the early 1980s, when more states began passing laws that affected the division of financial assets in a divorce.

The laws are based either on " community property" split evenly or on " reasonable distribution" whatever a judge thinks is " fair" .

The prenups of the famous make the headlines: Lawyers for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis contested the prenuptial agreement between her and Aristotle Onassis after his death, reportedly winning $26 million in an out-of-court settlement.

But prenuptial agreements are also for lesser known, although wealthy, folks.

" It's because divorce has such great economic consequences, and successive marriages have become so common, " said a family law lawyer.