Marriage is about love, commitment and shared dreams, but for business-owning families, it also brings important financial and legal considerations. This webinar explores the reach and limitations of prenuptial agreements, and why they are best viewed as planning tools rather than insurance against failure. We’ll discuss how thoughtful prenuptial agreement conversations can strengthen relationships, clarify expectations and protect family enterprises.
Whether you’re a parent, business owner or engaged couple, this session will demonstrate why prenups are increasingly viewed as a thoughtful, responsible and normal part of modern marriage planning.
We’ll take a look at:
- Why prenuptial agreements are increasingly viewed as thoughtful planning tools, not red flags, for business-owning and enterprising families.
- How and when to introduce the prenup conversation, including educating NextGens early and navigating the emotional dynamics involved.
- What to include (and avoid) in a prenup, with a focus on family enterprise considerations, multi-generational wealth, and common misconceptions.
Date and Time
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
2 PM ET | 11 AM PT
60 minutes
Join Abbey Flaum, Wealth Strategist and Shareholder at HB Wealth, along with David Shaw, Publishing Director of Family Business Magazine, for a practical discussion on how prenuptial agreements fit into thoughtful family and business planning, when they work best, where they fall short, and how open, values-based conversations can support both strong marriages and long-term family enterprises.
Speakers
Abbey Flaum
Wealth Strategist, Shareholder, HB Wealth
Abbey Flaum joined HB Wealth after 16 years of law practice devoted to estate, gift planning, charitable planning, probate, trust and estate administration, pre- and post-marital planning as well as business succession planning. She serves as a wealth strategist applying the company’s holistic approach to each client’s planning, and she provides clients with ongoing, personalized guidance on tax-efficient wealth, business and estate planning strategies.
As a shareholder in her previous firm, Abbey earned many awards for her work, but she takes the most pride in her ability to uniquely engage with her clients, listen to and empathize with their individual needs and translate discussions into a meaningful plan that is representative of her clients’ personal wishes, family and tax-oriented goals and best interests.
Abbey enjoys educating others about topics relevant to their lives, and both writes and lectures on a variety of topics, including estate and tax planning, philanthropy, complex gift planning structures, planning for the newly single individual, planning for aging and longevity, planning for modern family structures and the interplay of family law and estate planning.
A native New Yorker, Abbey holds a Bachelor of Arts, Summa Cum Laude, from Arizona State University, a juris doctorate from the University of Miami School of Law and a master of law in taxation, with honors, from the University of Alabama School of Law. Abbey is a member of the American, Georgia and Atlanta Bar Associations. She is also a member of the Atlanta Estate Planning Council, for which she served as a board member, chairs the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Legacy Advisor Council, co-chairs the advisory council for Jewish Home Life Communities and serves on the planned giving committee for Pace Academy and on the board of the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta.
Abbey lives in Buckhead, GA, with her son, Jack, daughter, Ryan and the love of her life, Matt.
David Shaw
Publishing Director, Family Business Magazine
David Shaw is the publishing director for MLR Media. He also co-founded and serves as conference director of the Transitions conferences, the Private Company Governance Summit and Family Business Legacy.
David writes frequently on governance issues for public and private companies, and develops and maintains close relationships with multi-generational family-owned businesses. He is married, with two grown children.
Benefits
- No cost to attend.
- Opportunity for questions and feedback.
- Unbiased third-party family business education.
- All participants can receive a copy of the webinar materials after the event, upon request.
- All participants receive Family Business Magazine weekly newsletter, with news, tips and trends that impact your family business. You may, of course, opt out at any time.
- 60 minutes — maximum value for time.
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