Looking for a Philippine lawyer for a prenup
My partner and I are planning to do a Utah online marriage. We want to get a Philippine prenup done as soon as possible.
We currently live near Dumaguete in the Philippines.
Please share the contact of a lawyer who can properly draw up a prenup that's valid in the Philippines. Some people here said they got it done for 2,000 to 5,000 pesos, but we can't find anyone like that
We reached out to about six lawyers. Only one replied, and they quoted us 40,000. Not necessary.
Before it even starts: please hold your comments and opinions on prenups in general, marriage in general, and so on. We've been in a wonderful long-term relationship, and we're getting a prenup as a small safety measure, not because we have doubts.
Only lawyer recommendations and relevant information, please. Thank you!
A Philippine lawyer won't help you here. Since you're marrying under Utah jurisdiction, you need a US attorney to draft a US prenup. A Philippine prenup governs the Philippine marital property regime, but it doesn't cover US assets or divorce scenarios. On top of that, for a US prenup to hold up, your partner usually needs her own independent US lawyer to review the document (which you can pay for). You said elsewhere that you can't afford a US attorney, but I'd argue you can't afford not to have one, unless you just want to go into the marriage without a prenup and hope for the best.
If your budget doesn't stretch to a US attorney, are your assets big enough to be worth protecting?
Print an online prenup template and get it notarized in the Philippines.
Why drag the government into your personal life?
You need two lawyers, one for her and one for you. You should both get independent legal advice. You don't want your prenup set aside on the grounds of undue influence or coercion, or that the other party didn't understand what they were signing.
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