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A prenuptial agreement must be a two-way street. Either you must both enter into it voluntarily or you must take your chances without one.
Rule #5: Take care of your prenuptial agreement well in advance of your wedding.
Do not wait until after you have paid the deposit for the caterer and sent out all your wedding invitations to pop the next big question. When all the wedding arrangements have been made, there is a great deal of pressure for even the most self-assured bride or groom to sign whatever legal document the other proposes just to make it to the big day. You do not want to put your spouse-to-be in the awkward position of considering a prenuptial agreement when friends and family have already purchased plane tickets and wedding gifts.
The better approach by far is to bring up the issue of a prenuptial agreement well in advance of your wedding. This way, you and your spouse-to-be can both focus on the nitty-gritty terms of the prenup without worrying whether the negotiations will delay the wedding. If you do not give your spouse-to-be enough lead time before the wedding to consider the significant legal and financial issues raised by a prenuptial agreement, your spouse-to-be could later challenge the validity of your prenup by arguing that he or she felt pressured to sign the agreement.