Our story
Nuppact exists for clarity, and for the partner the law tends to overlook.
There are two reasons we built this. First, most couples never litigate. Separations and divorces are overwhelmingly resolved privately, so an enforceable courtroom weapon matters less than a shared, honest record of what the two of you actually intended, strengthened in the form of a private contract.
Second, prenups are mostly designed to protect the wealthier party. Nuppact is designed to do the opposite: to strengthen the position of the financially vulnerable partner. Laws are often patriarchal and rarely value caregiving or the financial sacrifices of the partner who took on the primary caregiver role. Default settlements tend to protect a minimum standard of living, which is not the same as a fair outcome. Nuppact is a space for couples to decide together what fair actually looks like, given their own circumstances and the choices they've made.
Our core beliefs
Clarity is kind.
Money conversations are easier while you still love each other. Putting it in writing now is a gift to the two people you'll both be later.
Most couples are fine.
About 90% of separations are resolved privately, between two people. A clear, signed starting point makes those resolutions kinder, and the other 10% far less catastrophic.
Not a Prenup.
Most prenups are designed to shield the wealthier party. Nuppact exists to create fair agreements, recognising caregiving, career sacrifice, and unpaid work, and to strengthen the position of the financially vulnerable partner, not weaken it.
"I've watched, up close, what happens when caregiving and career sacrifice disappear from the ledger. Nuppact is the tool I wish my mother had had, and the one I wanted for myself."
My parents divorced when I was a teenager, in a very typical way. My dad had a midlife crisis and a long affair. My mum had a nervous breakdown and lost 20 kilos. He became a one-weekend-a-month kind of dad. He took care of us financially, and looked after my mum while we were still under her roof, but he was not generous with her.
They'd been together more than 25 years. My mum had moved cities six times following his work. Somehow, none of that translated into any acknowledgement that she was deeply financially dependent on him, or that his professional success had been built on decades of her holding everything else together. She makes ends meet now, but the wealth gap between them is jarring, to this day. That is why I have always treasured financial independence.
Fast forward: I'm happily married to a generous, kind man and we have three children. Since the kids, my career has slowed down. I've made choices that fit the family as a whole, because I wanted to. More recently my husband was offered a job in Singapore and we said yes. It's been exciting and wonderful, with the kids at a brilliant international school, but it's also left me in a financial position that's vulnerable and depends, frankly, on my partner continuing to be a good one.
We both know it. We've talked about how often we see couples go through ugly divorces. And we couldn't find a tool that would secure my position today, as the financially vulnerable partner, and also give me peace of mind that I'd be treated fairly if we ever did separate (fingers crossed we never do). So I built it.
Nuppact produces a private financial agreement between two individuals. Private contracts between competent adults are recognised in law across most jurisdictions. The enforceability of specific terms depends on your jurisdiction, the circumstances of any dispute, and the discretionary powers of relevant courts, particularly in matters governed by family law. Nuppact does not provide legal advice. We recommend independent legal counsel where significant assets, pensions, or international property are involved.
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