This will depend on your circumstances and how much assurance you wish to have against any future change in your circumstances. While many think of pre-nuptial agreements as being for celebrities and the super-rich, they are increasingly common for all sorts of ordinary couples as well. Specific situations that may make a pre-nup particular advisable include: • If you and your spouse own or plan to buy a house together • Where one of you will be living in a house the other owns • If you have or plan to have children together or have children from a previous relationship • If one of you intends to switch to part-time work or give up working to look after any children you have together • If there is a significant disparity in your income or assets We can advise you on prenuptial agreements relating to your specific circumstances, and clients have told us that having plans in place has helped them avoid difficult conversations at a time when there are lots of things to sort out and emotions are running high.