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Lawyers Failed To Complete Prenup Ahead Of Wedding

Location: Maine, USA

My now-wife and I each got lawyers, who had worked with each other on prenups in the past, about 10 weeks ahead of our wedding day. Both lawyers said that we were remarkably on the same page about our agreement and that our prenup would be an easy draft.

Well, several periods of non-response and check-in’s with them resulted in me emailing my lawyer two days before our wedding, asking if we can sign with a notary. There was no way we would make it to their offices (over an hour away) the day before our wedding.

My lawyer doesn’t respond to us until the day of our wedding, “apologizing for the delay,” and not even giving us the final draft. We happen to know several notaries who could have helped us on the day-of, should she have sent it.

My wife and I proceed to get married, and are now sitting here $2500 poorer with no prenup. My lawyer explained today that post nups don’t have the same enforceability as prenups (which I knew). My wife’s lawyer hasn’t contacted her at ALL since 9/25, which was a hasty response after 13 days of radio silence. I’m angling for a refund from each firm, largely out of anger.

Do we have the grounds to request a refund? Has anyone encountered this in the past? Thanks for your input.

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