50-state evidence matrix

What a prenup may address

Catalogued statutory sources concerning property, support, estate, insurance, choice-of-law, and other agreement subjects.

50 states have 53 separately catalogued authority records for this topic. 0 states show a visible coverage gap.

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Manual editorial field guide

A prenup is not one promise. It is a bundle of property, support, estate, insurance, debt, governing-law, and personal terms, and each clause should be classified before anyone assumes the agreement may or may not address it.

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Turn the document into a clause map

Create a table with one row per material obligation. Record the clause number, subject, triggering event, affected asset or payment, implementing document, and cited state-law topic. This exposes provisions that mix several functions. A paragraph labeled ‘separate property,’ for example, may also waive reimbursement, allocate debt, restrict transfers, and change rights at death.

Classification should be descriptive. It should not announce that a term is valid merely because a statute lists a permitted subject. Formation rules, mandatory limits, public policy, later circumstances, and other bodies of law may still matter. The clause map is a routing tool for deeper review.

Follow promises into other documents

Many prenup terms require action outside the agreement. A promise to maintain life insurance depends on the policy, beneficiary designation, premium history, and coverage amount. A promise about inheritance may require a will, trust, waiver, or deed. A business provision may collide with an operating agreement or shareholder restriction. Listing those dependencies is often more useful than paraphrasing the prenup again.

If the implementing record is missing or inconsistent, say so. The agreement may create an obligation without proving performance. That distinction is central to evidence-based review and avoids telling a user that a desired result has already been secured.

Identify terms that deserve special caution

Child-related terms, personal-behavior clauses, broad remedies, and provisions affecting public assistance or third parties deserve separate treatment. The relevant question is not whether the clause sounds unusual. It is whether the governing authority permits the subject, limits the remedy, reserves the issue for later review, or requires an enforcement-time inquiry.

The safest editorial approach quotes the term, identifies the linked legal topic, and states what the current evidence package does and does not contain. That gives the reader a real research path without converting a catalogue into personalized legal advice.

Questions for the document

What to ask before drawing a conclusion

What distinct obligation, waiver, classification, or remedy does each material clause create?
Which terms require a deed, trust, will, policy, designation, valuation, or business consent?
Does any clause affect children, public benefits, creditors, or people who did not sign?
Are governing-law, severability, remedy, and forum terms consistent with the substantive provisions?

Outside evidence

What the agreement cannot prove alone

Clause-by-clause issue map with exact quotes and defined-term references
Deeds, wills, trusts, policies, beneficiary forms, and business governing documents
Debt instruments, guarantees, reimbursement records, and third-party consents
Later amendments and transactions that performed, contradicted, or replaced a promise

State	Coverage	Citations and scoped summaries	Next step
Alabama (AL) al-2026-07-22.3	1 source	Ala. Code § 30-4-9 Spouses may contract with each other, but their contracts remain subject to the rules governing persons in confidential relations.	Open AL checklist →
Alaska (AK) ak-2026-07-23.3	1 source	Alaska Stat. § 34.77.090(c)–(d) A qualifying community property agreement may address property rights, management, disposition, estate planning, nonprobate transfers, governing law, and other lawful property matters, but may not adversely affect a child's right to support.	Open AK checklist →
Arizona (AZ) az-2026-07-20.3	1 source	A.R.S. § 25-203(A) Arizona lists property rights and management, disposition, spousal support, estate planning, insurance, choice of law, and other lawful personal rights and obligations as permitted subjects.	Open AZ checklist →
Arkansas (AR) ar-2026-07-22.3	1 source	Ark. Code Ann. § 9-11-403(a); 1987 Ark. Acts 715, § 3(a) Permitted subjects include property, disposition, support, estate planning, life insurance, governing law, and other lawful personal rights and obligations.	Open AR checklist →
California (CA) ca-2026-07-18.3	1 source	Cal. Fam. Code § 1612(a) The statute lists property, disposition, estate-planning, insurance, choice-of-law, and other lawful subjects.	Open CA checklist →
Colorado (CO) co-2026-07-22.3	2 sources	C.R.S. § 14-2-304 Chosen law requires a significant relationship at signing and no conflict with section 14-2-309 or fundamental Colorado public policy. C.R.S. §§ 14-2-302(4)–(5), 14-2-310 Colorado permits modification of defined marital rights but bars specified child, domestic-violence, dissolution-penalty, and public-policy terms.	Open CO checklist →
Connecticut (CT) ct-2026-07-21.3	1 source	Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-36d(a)–(b) Connecticut lists property rights and management, disposition, spousal support, estate planning, insurance, retirement-plan rights, choice of law, and personal rights and obligations as agreement subjects, subject to public policy and criminal statutes.	Open CT checklist →
Delaware (DE) de-2026-07-21.3	1 source	13 Del. C. § 323(a) Delaware lists property rights and management, disposition, spousal support or alimony, estate planning, insurance, choice of law, and other lawful personal rights and obligations as permitted subjects.	Open DE checklist →
Florida (FL) fl-2026-07-18.3	1 source	Fla. Stat. § 61.079(4)(a) Florida lists property, disposition, support, estate-planning, insurance, choice-of-law, and other lawful subjects.	Open FL checklist →
Georgia (GA) ga-2026-07-22.3	1 source	O.C.G.A. § 19-3-60 Georgia defines an antenuptial agreement as a contract entered before marriage that determines the parties' property rights or future settlement issues, including year's support, spousal support, and equitable division; marriage is valuable consideration subject to existing just debts.	Open GA checklist →
Hawaii (HI) hi-2026-07-22.3	1 source	Haw. Rev. Stat. § 572D-3(a) Permitted subjects include property rights and management, disposition, modification or elimination of spousal support, estate planning, life-insurance benefits, choice of law, and other lawful personal rights and obligations.	Open HI checklist →
Idaho (ID) id-2026-07-22.3	2 sources	Idaho Code § 32-923(1) Permitted subjects include property rights and control, disposition, modification or elimination of spousal support, estate-planning arrangements, life-insurance benefits, choice of law, and other personal rights and obligations not violating public policy or criminal law. Neustadt v. Colafranceschi, 167 Idaho 214, 469 P.3d 1 (2020) Neustadt held that the agreement's post-divorce life-insurance obligation was not void as against Idaho public policy because it required the insured party to procure a policy Idaho law allowed her to obtain for the named beneficiary.	Open ID checklist →
Illinois (IL) il-2026-07-18.3	1 source	750 ILCS 10/4(a) Illinois lists property, disposition, support, estate-planning, insurance, choice-of-law, and other lawful subjects.	Open IL checklist →
Indiana (IN) in-2026-07-22.3	1 source	Ind. Code § 31-11-3-5(a) Permitted subjects include property rights and management, disposition, modification or elimination of spousal maintenance, estate planning, life-insurance benefits, choice of law, and other lawful personal rights and obligations.	Open IN checklist →
Iowa (IA) ia-2026-07-22.3	1 source	Iowa Code § 596.5(1) (2026) Iowa permits provisions addressing property rights and management, disposition, estate-planning arrangements, life-insurance benefits, choice of law, and other matters not violating public policy or a criminal statute.	Open IA checklist →
Kansas (KS) ks-2026-07-22.3	1 source	K.S.A. § 23-2404(a) Kansas lists property rights and management, disposition, spousal support, estate planning, life-insurance death benefits, choice of law, and other lawful personal rights and obligations as permitted subjects.	Open KS checklist →
Kentucky (KY) ky-2026-07-23.3	1 source	Ky. Rev. Stat. § 403.190(2)(d) Kentucky excludes from marital property property excluded by a valid agreement, while Gentry permits parties to define rights in property otherwise governed by section 403.190.	Open KY checklist →
Louisiana (LA) la-2026-07-23.3	1 source	La. Civ. Code art. 2328 A matrimonial agreement establishes a separation-of-property regime or modifies or terminates the legal regime, while unexcluded provisions of the legal regime remain effective.	Open LA checklist →
Maine (ME) me-2026-07-22.3	1 source	19-A M.R.S. § 604(1) (2025) Maine lists property rights and management, disposition, spousal support, estate planning, insurance, choice of law, and other lawful personal rights and obligations as permitted subjects.	Open ME checklist →
Maryland (MD) md-2026-07-23.3	1 source	Md. Code, Fam. Law § 8-101 Spouses may make valid and enforceable deeds, agreements, and settlements concerning alimony, support, property rights, or personal rights.	Open MD checklist →
Massachusetts (MA) ma-2026-07-23.3	1 source	Osborne v. Osborne, 384 Mass. 591, 428 N.E.2d 810 (1981) Massachusetts recognizes premarital settlement of divorce-related property and spousal-support consequences, subject to validity, conscionability, and nonwaivable limits.	Open MA checklist →
Michigan (MI) mi-2026-07-23.3	1 source	MCL 557.28 A contract relating to property made between persons in contemplation of marriage remains in full force after marriage.	Open MI checklist →
Minnesota (MN) mn-2026-07-23.3	1 source	Minn. Stat. § 519.11, subd. 1(b) A conforming agreement may address marital and nonmarital property at dissolution or separation, spousal maintenance, and specified estate rights.	Open MN checklist →
Mississippi (MS) ms-2026-07-23.3	1 source	Mabus v. Mabus, 890 So. 2d 806 (Miss. 2003); Sanderson v. Sanderson, 170 So. 3d 430 (Miss. 2014) Mississippi enforces antenuptial agreements as contracts addressing property and spousal rights, subject to heightened fairness, disclosure, interpretation, and mandatory-law limits.	Open MS checklist →
Missouri (MO) mo-2026-07-23.3	1 source	Gould v. Rafaeli, 822 S.W.2d 494 (Mo. Ct. App. 1991) Missouri permits premarital agreements to address property and financial consequences of dissolution, subject to execution safeguards and mandatory law.	Open MO checklist →
Montana (MT) mt-2026-07-22.3	1 source	Mont. Code Ann. § 40-2-605(1) Permitted subjects include property rights and management, disposition, modification or elimination of spousal support, estate planning, life-insurance benefits, choice of law, and other lawful personal rights and obligations.	Open MT checklist →
Nebraska (NE) ne-2026-07-22.3	1 source	Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-1004(1) Permitted subjects include property rights and control, disposition, modification or elimination of spousal support, estate-planning arrangements, life-insurance benefits, choice of law, and other personal rights and obligations not violating public policy or criminal law.	Open NE checklist →
Nevada (NV) nv-2026-07-22.3	1 source	NRS 123A.050(1) Permitted subjects include property rights and control, disposition, alimony or support, estate-planning arrangements, life-insurance benefits, choice of law, and other personal rights and obligations not violating public policy or criminal law.	Open NV checklist →
New Hampshire (NH) nh-2026-07-23.3	1 source	N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 460:2-a Section 460:2-a authorizes written interspousal contracts in contemplation of marriage while expressly preserving minor-child rights.	Open NH checklist →
New Jersey (NJ) nj-2026-07-22.3	1 source	N.J. Stat. § 37:2-34 Permitted subjects include property rights and management, disposition, modification or elimination of support, estate planning, life-insurance benefits, choice of law, and other lawful personal rights and obligations.	Open NJ checklist →
New Mexico (NM) nm-2026-07-22.3	2 sources	N.M. Stat. § 40-3A-4(A) Permitted subjects include property rights and management, disposition, estate planning, life-insurance benefits, choice of law, and other matters not against public policy. N.M. Stat. § 40-3A-4(B) A New Mexico premarital agreement may not adversely affect a party's choice of abode or freedom to pursue career opportunities.	Open NM checklist →
New York (NY) ny-2026-07-18.3	1 source	N.Y. Dom. Rel. Law § 236(B)(3)(1)–(2) The statute identifies testamentary provisions and separate/marital property ownership, division, or distribution as agreement subjects.	Open NY checklist →
North Carolina (NC) nc-2026-07-22.3	1 source	N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52B-4(a) Permitted subjects include property rights and management, disposition, modification or elimination of spousal support, estate planning, life-insurance benefits, choice of law, and other lawful personal rights and obligations.	Open NC checklist →
North Dakota (ND) nd-2026-07-22.3	1 source	N.D.C.C. § 14-03.2-01(2), (4)–(5) North Dakota defines premarital and marital agreements by reference to rights or obligations involving support, property, liabilities, separation or death, and attorney fees and costs.	Open ND checklist →
Ohio (OH) oh-2026-07-23.3	1 source	Ohio Rev. Code § 3103.06(A)(1) Since March 23, 2023, spouses may enter a postnuptial agreement altering their legal relations, subject to section 3103.061.	Open OH checklist →
Oklahoma (OK) ok-2026-07-23.3	1 source	Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 121; Griffin v. Griffin, 2004 OK CIV APP 58 A valid written antenuptial agreement may alter the statutory division of jointly acquired property, including by defining separate property and divorce payments.	Open OK checklist →
Oregon (OR) or-2026-07-22.3	1 source	ORS 108.710(1) Permitted subjects include property rights and control, disposition, modification or elimination of spousal support, estate-planning arrangements, life-insurance benefits, choice of law for construction, and other personal rights and obligations not violating public policy or criminal law.	Open OR checklist →
Pennsylvania (PA) pa-2026-07-22.3	1 source	23 Pa.C.S. § 3105(a), (c) Section 3105 supplies court enforcement remedies for agreements concerning matters within the Divorce Code and specifically addresses existing property rights, alimony, alimony pendente lite, counsel fees, and expenses.	Open PA checklist →
Rhode Island (RI) ri-2026-07-22.3	1 source	R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-17-3(a) Permitted subjects include property rights and management, disposition on specified events, spousal support, estate planning, life insurance, governing law, and other lawful personal rights and obligations.	Open RI checklist →
South Carolina (SC) sc-2026-07-23.3	1 source	Hardee v. Hardee, 355 S.C. 382, 585 S.E.2d 501 (2003) Hardee held the agreement did not bar division of later-acquired property where its text left that property unaffected.	Open SC checklist →
South Dakota (SD) sd-2026-07-22.3	1 source	S.D. Codified Laws § 25-2-18(a) South Dakota lists property rights and management, disposition, estate-planning arrangements, life-insurance benefits, choice of law, and other lawful personal rights and obligations as permitted subjects.	Open SD checklist →
Tennessee (TN) tn-2026-07-23.3	1 source	Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-3-501 Section 36-3-501 expressly covers agreements concerning property owned before marriage and qualifying contract remedies.	Open TN checklist →
Texas (TX) tx-2026-07-18.3	1 source	Tex. Fam. Code § 4.003(a) Texas lists property, disposition, support, estate-planning, insurance, choice-of-law, and other lawful subjects.	Open TX checklist →
Utah (UT) ut-2026-07-22.3	1 source	Utah Code § 81-3-203(1) Utah lists property, disposition, spousal support, life-insurance death benefits, choice of law, and other lawful personal rights and obligations as permitted subjects.	Open UT checklist →
Vermont (VT) vt-2026-07-23.3	1 source	Lacroix v. Rysz, 2025 VT 16; 15 V.S.A. §§ 751–752 Vermont premarital agreements may address property division and maintenance, subject to Bassler safeguards and mandatory law.	Open VT checklist →
Virginia (VA) va-2026-07-21.3	1 source	Va. Code § 20-150 Virginia lists property rights and management, disposition, spousal support, estate planning, insurance, choice of law, and other lawful personal rights and obligations as permitted subjects.	Open VA checklist →
Washington (WA) wa-2026-07-23.3	1 source	In re Marriage of Matson, 107 Wn.2d 479; RCW 26.09.080 Prospective spouses may contract about property and marital rights if the agreement satisfies Washington fairness safeguards.	Open WA checklist →
West Virginia (WV) wv-2026-07-23.5	1 source	W. Va. Code § 48-1A-301(a) Parties may address property rights and management, disposition at separation, dissolution or death, spousal support, estate planning, life-insurance benefits, choice of law, and lawful personal matters.	Open WV checklist →
Wisconsin (WI) wi-2026-07-23.3	1 source	Wis. Stat. § 766.58(3) Subject to listed statutory limits, spouses may contract about property rights, management, disposition at dissolution or death, support, estate arrangements, nonprobate transfers, choice of law, and other lawful property matters.	Open WI checklist →
Wyoming (WY) wy-2026-07-23.3	1 source	Lund v. Lund, 849 P.2d 731, 739–41 (Wyo. 1993) Wyoming recognizes antenuptial agreements as valid contracts that define and fix spouses' property rights, with marriage supplying consideration.	Open WY checklist →

Matrix and list placement describes the records in PrenupsAI's current evidence packages. It does not rank legal strictness, predict enforceability, or mean that an unlisted state has no applicable rule. Open the cited sources to inspect the underlying authority.