A prenup is not a plan to fail. It is a plan to be clear. We draft and review agreements that meet Colorado’s strict enforcement rules, so the terms you agree to today still hold up years from now.
A Colorado prenuptial agreement lawyer does more than fill in a template. Colorado sets specific rules for when a marital agreement can be enforced, and an agreement that misses one of them can be thrown out at the worst possible moment. At Flatiron Legal Advisors, we build agreements that are fair on their face, properly disclosed, and drafted to survive a challenge.
We work with couples marrying for the first time, spouses who want to put existing terms in writing, business owners protecting a company, and partners blending families. Every agreement starts with a conversation about what you actually want to protect.
Colorado follows the Uniform Premarital and Marital Agreements Act, which governs every agreement signed on or after July 1, 2014. The Act treats prenuptial and postnuptial agreements the same way. The only real difference is timing.
Under C.R.S. § 14-2-309, a court can refuse to enforce your agreement if the spouse fighting it proves any one of these four things:
There is a fifth risk. Terms about spousal maintenance or attorney fees can still be struck later if a judge finds them unconscionable at the time someone tries to enforce them.
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A premarital agreement is signed before the wedding and takes effect once you marry. It lets you decide in advance how property and debt will be treated instead of leaving it to Colorado’s equitable distribution rules.
A Colorado prenup can address:
Colorado law calls a postnup a marital agreement. It covers the same ground as a prenup, and the same enforcement rules apply. Couples usually reach for one after a major change: an inheritance, a business launch, a career shift, or a period of financial strain they want to resolve on paper.
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Some terms will not survive no matter how carefully they are written. Under C.R.S. § 14-2-310, an agreement cannot reduce a child’s right to support, and any language about parenting time or decision making is not binding on the court. Colorado judges decide those issues based on the child’s best interests at the time, not on what parents agreed to years earlier.
An agreement also cannot limit remedies available to a victim of domestic violence, change the legal grounds for divorce, or penalize a spouse for filing. Provisions that violate public policy get struck as well. The good news is that one bad clause usually does not void the whole agreement, but it is far better to draft it correctly the first time.
We draft for enforcement, not just for signature. An agreement is only worth what a judge will uphold. We build the disclosure record and timeline that make yours hard to challenge.
We work across practice areas. Marital agreements touch estate planning, business ownership, and divorce. Our team coordinates so your documents agree with each other.
We keep it respectful. These conversations can be tense. We handle them in plain language and focus on getting both people to fair terms rather than scoring points.
Christopher W. Fry works with Flatiron Legal Advisors on premarital agreements, marital agreements, cohabitation agreements, uncontested divorce, and family law matters.
Mr. Fry earned his J.D. from the University of Colorado Law School and holds a B.A. from Columbia University, where he double majored in Economics and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures. Before law school, he worked as a strategic business consultant for Fortune 500 companies, which shapes how he approaches agreements involving businesses and complex assets.
Whether your wedding is months away or you have been married for twenty years, the best time to put terms in writing is before anyone needs them. Schedule a confidential consultation and we will tell you honestly what an agreement can and cannot do for your situation.
Colorado does not set a minimum. What matters is that both people had a reasonable amount of time to review the agreement, get their own lawyer, and consider the advice. Signing days before the ceremony invites a duress argument later. Starting several weeks out is much safer.
Not strictly, but access to independent counsel is one of the enforcement requirements. If one spouse goes unrepresented, the agreement must include specific notice language about the rights being given up. Two lawyers is the stronger approach.
No. Support terms that hurt a child are unenforceable, and custody terms are not binding on the court. A judge decides those issues based on the child’s best interests when the question actually comes up.
Colorado applies the same standards to both. The practical challenge is that spouses already share finances, so disclosure and voluntariness get examined closely.
Earlier Colorado law applies instead. Older agreements are worth having reviewed, since the standards were different and some provisions may no longer work the way you expect.
Yes. You can amend or revoke it, but the change has to be in writing and signed by both of you. A verbal understanding will not hold.
