Pre-nuptial Agreement?

[rusty@saving]

nothing to lose from either of us, so no, we will not do a prenup, on the other hand, if i thought for a second she would be screwing me over anyways, then i need to think twice about getting married in the first place.

[Jaynen]

I know this can become a very heated discussion (I have had it many times with friends and people I have dated) so I won't reference anyone's remarks, but truth of the matter is noone ever really knows whether or not anything is going to last forever; it is one of those things that is unforeseeable. That being the case you should plan accordingly, if losing the things that are of value to you is a concern that you have; not because you don't trust the person, but because it is the responsible thing to do since you know not whether or not the relationship will last forever. Now, many people are going to get defensive and say "but we're in love......" come down off the high horse and realize we are all human beings and make mistakes, sometimes those mistakes cause other not to want to be around us anymore, hence if they had a pre-nuptial agreement in place we would have a lot harder time taking their assets that we really don't deserve because we did nothing to help acquire them.

Now, there are of course many variable that come into play, but in the most basic answer I'll say Yes, yes, and yes (I would sign one, I WILL have whoever I marry sign one, and I'll encourage everyone I know who cares about losing stuff to sign one).

[vsjhoc]

Originally Posted by Homebody

I think they are appropriate under certain circumstances. I should precept this by saying we are celebrating our 28th anniversary next month and had $300.00 in the bank when we got married.


However, I also have 25 and 27 year old daughters who both own their own homes. Depending what state they marry in, I have already advised them to get prenupts to protect the houses. I don't expect my children to get divorced, but if they do, they certainly should get the equity they put into their houses before the rest of the assests are split.

Congrats on being married for 28 years!

I think the house issue depends on the state where the house is, not where the marriage ceremony takes place.

[Ima saver]

I owned my own house when I got married and I did not put it in my husband's name. I never thought about him asking for half the house if we ever divorced. I guess I should have. In that case I should have had a prenup.