Knowledge and resources

Marital agreements are becoming an everyday part of many family lawyers’ workload and it is in recognition of this increasing role that this guidance note on dealing with them has been revised. If these agreements are not a mainstay of your practice then it is important for you to consider instructing specialist counsel to provide an opinion on the content of the proposed agreement, review the advice you have given or draft the agreement itself.

The Uniform Premarital Agreement Act and what to consider when drafting a prenup for recognition in the US

This checklist has been developed by Resolution’s Domestic Abuse, Children and Drafting Committees for use in cases involving allegations of domestic abuse and in high conflict cases.

This checklist has been developed by Resolution’s Domestic Abuse and Drafting Committees for use in cases involving allegations of domestic abuse and in high conflict cases.

Marital Agreements is a comprehensive set of precedents for creating pre- and postnuptial agreements. The agreements are accompanied by footnotes which include helpful tips, explanations and legal backgrounds where relevant. The online version allows you to create and edit your agreements on our custom platform allowing you to select the clause you want, automatically populate it with the parties names and generate a final document in both pdf and word formats. There is also an option to buy a supporting printed guide.

Cohabitation Agreements is an essential tool to create binding cohabitation agreements including property, disclosure, gifts, business interests, provision and support, life insurance, mortgage payments, and costs.

The Agreements are available on our online platform which provides access to template set of precedents where individual clauses can be adopted on a bespoke basis for your clients, or for you to generate the entire precedents template to be tailored accordingly. Clients details can be input into the template to flow into the specific clauses. There is also an option to buy a supporting printed guide.

Cohabitant Separation Agreements is a set of precedent clauses designed to enable separating cohabitants’ financial commitments and ongoing obligations to be pulled together in one binding document.

The Agreements are available on our online platform which provides access to template set of precedents where individual clauses can be be adopted on a bespoke basis for your clients, or for you to generate the entire precedents template to be tailored accordingly. Clients details can be input into the template to flow into the specific clauses. There is also an option to buy a supporting printed guide.

Resolution publishes Handbooks and Agreements written and edited by expert family justice professionals. They are available in print and digital form and bundled options.

We also provide members with a number of leaflets for members to share with clients either as a PDF or in printed form

The Orders and Agreements Committee supports best practice by maintaining a 'gold standard' for financial orders and agreements which is clear and nationally consistent.