i love my girlfriend ,if we marry is she entiled to the things i have of value,before we married?

Question

can she get half of investments, propreties , money any thing of value i own before we marry

Answer 1

I don't think she can have half of anything of yours prior to marriage. You should definalty check the laws in your state though. I live in NJ and I know anything after your marriage is common property - even your 401k. I couldn't belive my friend got 1/2 his 401k and other types of invesments. They say she can have half beucase thats money he could have been bring home to the family.

Answer 2

no - check to see if your state is a community property state!

Be aware that if funds are "co-mingled" the assets would possibly be partially hers (e.g., your house before marriage and you use community property assets to pay the mortgage.)

Also, if you have a an investment account, all earnings during the marriage could be split.

Please remember that this is not a question about love and trust. These are legal issues that must be addressed. If you have lots of assets you should protect yourself. We have a client that got screwed by his ex! However, it can get really complicated!

Answer 3

Get a pre-nup!!!! Seriously, if the marriage works out, she will benefit anyway. She should respect that you have worked hard for what you have, and would like to rightfully keep it if the marriage dissolves. I'm sure she would be the same way if the roles were reversed. You can even put a clause in the pre-nup that if you cheat on her, she gets x amount of money, one of your properties, etc.

Answer 4

If you are not married, then she is no more entitled to your valuable possessions than the homeless guy down the block is.

Once you are married though, what's yours is hers, unless you get a prenup. So if you end up getting a divorce down the road, she will be entitled to half of everything you own and all your assets.

Answer 5

it is my opinion if you are thinking of these things then you should not yet get married but if you do want to cover your own butt just becasue things happen and you do have alot of investments then you can ask her to sign a prenup and if she gets mad as any woman would you should tell her, "I worked really hard to get to where I'm at and I do love and trust you but I also have to realistic and I know that soemtimes things just don't work out and I need to make sur eI am always going to be okay" She will then say "well fi you love me you won't make me sign one" You can then say "well if you have no worries about us workign out and everything then this signature will be just that a signature and we can put it away and never worry about it again, it is not a matter of trust or love it is a matter of being realistc and financialy secure for the future"

Answer 6

That's usually how the law views it. You seem to think you're going to divorce and she will win everything, (a sad way to begin a marriage) so if it worries you so much, have a pre-nup drawn up. Married people usually share things equally, so yes, she's "entitled".

Answer 7

Whatever you bring into the marriage becomes equally hers. That's why lawyers invented pre-nuptual agreements, to protect the property and assets you acquired before you were married.

Answer 8

If you are already thinking of what you need to do when the marriage ends you may not be ready for marriage. If you love her you will want to share EVERYTHING you have with her.

Answer 9

Love people. Use things. Never confuse the two.

Answer 10

If you are asking yourself this question, then you do not need to get married.