Colorado Prenuptial & Postnuptial Agreements
Colorado prenups and postnups built to hold up when they are tested.
Colorado-licensed Attorney Charles E. Liken Jr. drafts and reviews marital agreements personally, from the first call to the final signature. A former government fraud investigator with 700+ investigations, a former Deputy District Attorney and a court-appointed Colorado Child & Family Investigator, he knows how agreements get attacked, so he builds yours to survive it.
Serving all of Colorado from Longmont and Boulder
Why an investigator's eye matters in a prenup
Most prenups that fail in Colorado fail for the same few reasons: one person was pressured, one person never had a real chance at a lawyer, or the money was not honestly disclosed. Those are evidence questions. Attorney Liken spent years building and testing evidence as an investigator and as a prosecutor. He drafts every agreement with a paper trail that answers those challenges before anyone raises them.
Voluntary
A signing timeline with room to think, so no one can later claim duress (C.R.S. § 14-2-309(1)(a)).
Independent counsel
Time and means for each of you to get your own lawyer's advice (C.R.S. § 14-2-309(2)).
Real disclosure
A reasonably accurate description and good-faith value of property, debts and income (C.R.S. § 14-2-309(4)).
Choose your path
Prenuptial agreements
Getting married? Protect a business, a home, an inheritance or children from a prior relationship, and agree on debts and maintenance.
Prenups in Colorado ›Postnuptial agreements
Already married? A marital agreement can set or reset property and maintenance terms after a business launch, inheritance or a hard season.
Postnups in Colorado ›Reviewing your partner's draft
Handed an agreement to sign? Get independent advice on what you would give up before you sign anything.
What Colorado law requires ›Is a marital agreement right for you?
Check every statement that fits. Your answers stay in your own browser.
How it works with Attorney Liken
- Free 20-minute callAttorney Liken calls you, listens to your goals and tells you plainly whether an agreement fits and what it would take.
- Goals and timelineWe set the signing date well ahead of the wedding and list what the agreement should cover.
- Financial disclosureBoth of you exchange a reasonably accurate description and good-faith value of property, debts and income. Use the checklist.
- DraftingAttorney Liken drafts in plain English, with the Colorado notice of waiver of rights built in.
- Review by your partner's own lawyerYour partner gets independent advice with time to consider it.
- RevisionsCounsel work through changes until both of you can sign with confidence.
- Signing and safekeepingBoth of you sign the final agreement, and you leave with a complete record of the disclosure and signing.
Prenup myths, answered
"Prenups are only for the rich."
Prenups also protect people with debt, a small business, a house bought before marriage or children to provide for. They are about clarity, not wealth.
"It means we are planning to divorce."
An agreement can also cover death, management of property during the marriage and other events (C.R.S. § 14-2-302). Many couples find the conversation brings them closer.
"An online template is good enough."
A Colorado agreement must meet Colorado's enforcement rules. A template that skips the notice of waiver of rights or real disclosure can be thrown out the day it matters.
"We can sign it the week before the wedding."
Signing under wedding-week pressure is the classic setup for a duress claim. Start months ahead.
Common questions
Are prenups enforceable in Colorado?
Yes. Colorado's Uniform Premarital and Marital Agreements Act, C.R.S. § 14-2-301 and following, governs agreements signed on or after July 1, 2014. An agreement must be in a record signed by both parties (C.R.S. § 14-2-306). A court can refuse to enforce it if consent was not voluntary, if a party lacked access to independent counsel, or if financial disclosure was inadequate (C.R.S. § 14-2-309). How Colorado law works.
What is the difference between a prenup and a postnup?
A premarital agreement is signed by people who intend to marry and takes effect on marriage. A marital agreement (postnup) is signed by spouses who intend to stay married and takes effect when both sign (C.R.S. §§ 14-2-302, 14-2-307). The same Colorado act governs both.
Can a prenup decide custody or child support?
No. A term that adversely affects a child's right to support is unenforceable, and a term about parental responsibilities or parenting time is not binding on the court (C.R.S. § 14-2-310).
Do we each need our own lawyer?
Colorado law looks at whether each party had access to independent legal representation before signing (C.R.S. § 14-2-309(2)). Separate lawyers are the surest way to build an agreement that holds up. Attorney Liken represents one party only.
How early should we start?
Ideally three to four months before the wedding. Use the wedding-date timeline planner to see your dates. Rushing an agreement into the last days before a wedding invites a duress challenge.
ServiceShield
Exclusively for Colorado Veterans & Active Duty
ServiceShield is The Longmont Law Firm's private program for Colorado U.S. military veterans and active-duty servicemembers. Military life raises its own marital agreement questions: deployment, military retirement, the Survivor Benefit Plan, VA benefits and moves between duty stations. Members are verified by DD-214 or a DoD service status check, and member benefits are shared only inside the secure ServiceShield portal.
Talk it through with Attorney Liken
Pick a time and Attorney Liken calls you. Twenty minutes, no charge, no obligation. You will know whether a prenup or postnup fits your situation and what it would take.
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