Prenuptial agreements have long been used by couples tying the knot for the first time when there’s wealth or a business involved, but they’re becoming increasingly popular among millennials marrying later in life and people entering their second marriages.
Family lawyers say they’ve seen an increase in requests for these marriage contracts and their common-law equivalents – cohabitation agreements – in recent years.
While there’s no available data on how many Canadians are signing marriage contracts, a September, 2023, Harris Poll survey for U.S. news site Axios found 50 per cent of U.S. adults at least somewhat supported the use of pre-nuptial agreements, and one in five married couples
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