It is officially February 1st. The month of Love, the countdown to Valentine’s Day has begun. There will be a lot of proposals happening on the 14th. Even if you are not proposing or being prosed to, there are some ways you can protect your love. Get a prenup. Everyone knows what these are. If…
If you are into reality TV like I am you have probably been invested in Netflix’s Love Is Blind since the pandemic. Now that the show is set in Seattle, I feel a bit more invested. I’ve been getting up extra early to catch the new episodes on Fridays. I have already binged the latest…
I admit when I saw the headline my first thought was “that was petty.” Then I read the whole story… well my thoughts didn’t change much but it did give some context and there is a lot here. Basically a friend of the couple who is not a professional wedding photographer agreed to take pictures…
5 or so years ago I was invited to participate in a wedding show. As the Seattle Wedding Lawyer and PreNup Princess I have often been invited but just had never done it. This was going to be a small event and I knew the coordinator so I figured now would as good a time…
I can’t believe I haven’t written on this topic before. Or maybe I did and forgot but anyway, let’s talk petnups or prenups for pets. With the current situation I do my grocery shopping at 6 am. This morning on the radio they were discussing pet prenups. Should you get one? I get this question…
As a wedding planner you probably get a lot a strange, different, or interesting requests from your couples. But what happens when they request something that may be illegal? I have seen this several times, and with the summer comes the request for Fireworks. Yes, fireworks are to summer as rain is to Seattle. People…
I get asked to review a lot of prenups; I mean who else, right? But I know many people are not getting their prenups reviewed by a lawyer. In my Pretty Woman voice, “Big mistake, huge!” As I always preach a prenup must be reviewed by an attorney for each party. So what is it…
Most non celebrities are not putting cheating or infidelity clauses into their prenups. But since they are popular among the celebrity crowd they tend to come up in conversation often. So what is an infidelity clause? A infidelity clause or cheating clause is a type of lifestyle clause that goes into a prenup. For more…
Do I have to change my name after marriage? Even though we are 2019 I still get this question constantly. For some reason people, especially women, are under the impression that they MUST change their name after marriage. Yes, this has been the custom for a really long time but it is not legally required….
You’ve popped the question and they said “YES!” Or the question got popped to you and you said, “YES!” Now you want to pop a question of your own. You do, and….. you get a big “NO!” Now what? Don’t panic. It is not the end of the world or the engagement. Relax, you can…
