Younger US, UK Couples Embrace Prenups as Nearly Half of Married US Millennials Sign Them
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 28
Younger US, UK Couples Embrace Prenups as Nearly Half of Married US Millennials Sign Them
2 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 28
Summary
Nearly half of married US millennials and more than one in three Gen Z say they have a prenup, far above the roughly one in five rate for US married couples overall.
In the UK, about one in 10 couples now has a prenup, while roughly one in three married under-35s have signed one after English courts moved toward greater recognition.
Lawyers say demand has broadened beyond the wealthy to ordinary couples seeking to protect inheritances, homes, pensions and future business gains, often after seeing painful divorces firsthand.
Cheaper online services are accelerating the shift: one UK groom switched from a £5,000 law-firm process to a fixed-fee £1,600 platform, while some US users pay only a few hundred dollars.
Couples are also marrying later and entering marriage with more assets or debt, making prenups less a celebrity tool than a routine way to settle financial expectations early.