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Defaults and Choices in the Marriage Contract Andrew Blair-Stanek, Yale Law School Download the Paper (PDF format) - April 10, 2007 Tell a colleague about it. Printing Tips: Select 'print as image' in the Acrobat print dialog if you have trouble printing. ABSTRACT: The law has long recognized the contractual nature of marriage, and the trend in recent decades towards respecting autonomy has led to much greater freedom for couples to modify the terms of their marriage. This article explores how states can provide couples choices of which terms to include in their marriage contract. The potential benefits include premarital information disclosure, increased individual autonomy, and the ability to achieve policy goals that might otherwise conflict with constitutional jurisprudence. SUGGESTED CITATION: Andrew Blair-Stanek, "Defaults and Choices in the Marriage Contract" (April 10, 2007). Yale Law School. Yale Law School Student Scholarship Series. Paper 39. http://lsr.nellco.org/yale/student/papers/39 | REPOSITORY HOME  | SEARCH  | MY ACCOUNT  | NELLCO HOME | Powered by bepress.