Prenuptial agreements should be considered by all couples who are contemplating marriage or a de facto relationship, and can be done up before or during, a marriage or de facto relationship. A prenuptial agreement is not about setting up your relationship to fail; it is about putting all the cards on the table and discussing issues that can actually strengthen the relationship and clarify any uncertainties. Prenuptial agreements are especially useful and can be a necessity for certain situations such as: it is your second marriage and you have assets from your first marriage that you want to keep to pass onto your children it is a de facto relationship and one party is moving into the other party’s property one party has much more property than the other when the relationship begins you want to avoid any hostility or uncertainty if the relationship does fail, and keep the matter out of court, or you want to protect a future inheritance or a family business.