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If you were about to get married, would you insist on a prenupt? I would myself, I've worked too hard for the things I have in life to lose it in a divorce settlement. Now I do agree that anything accumulated after the marriage should be community property.
2007-11-09 17:56:52 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
Male, early 30s. Definitely I will consider a prenup and I'm not even close to be rich, but I have worked VERY hard for every little thing I have in my life and under no circumstance I will take the risk to lose it, technically I wont, but I think a prenup should be the default for a marriage, not something that is optional. I will ask a prenup if I get married someday by just saying that a prenup has to be there for the good of the two of us, and is not like preparing to fail like some people think, is to accept reality and how things are, I will just say "I wont like us to split, but I accept reality, we need this, and we also need to work on not to ever use it, I will try my best".
2007-11-09 19:26:44 · answer #1 · answered by livingthe30s 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Male
I don't know where you live but my state says that what you bring in is yours after the marriage.....What you accumulate is community property......Now, the prenup is in case you are a CEO or an actor and you accumulate way more than she does, then it sets limits on what she can get.
She doesn't have any rights to the motorcycle you had when you got married but if you bought a car while married she is entitled to half.
Prenups are for rich people or people that are in a relationship is one-sided as to income. I am not taking away from the fact that housewifes and mothers are not entitled to compensation......a prenup would limit that....so there you go Mr. Gates
2007-11-09 18:06:42 · answer #2 · answered by db14 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I had something to protect I would definately agree. If I had a prenupt then I would stipulate in it that after the marriage then a certain percentage of earned assests would go to my spouse.
I am female and 42.
2007-11-09 18:04:38 · answer #3 · answered by bssd12000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having gone through a divorce, I say its mandatory. People don't stay married like they use to, get out when they get an itch, and you have to protect yourself. If you have been divorced for say 5-10 years, rebuilt your assets, have a house, stocks, ect. You want to protect them from a gold digger spouse. It sounds cold, but the reality as you can imagine is you have no other choice to prevent that from happening. Lots of con artists out there, male and famale, so you have to do so, and yes, even when you are young starting out. Its nto mean, its common sense. If they really love you, respect you, they wont have a problem with this, if they refuse, get indignant, you know they were only after your money. You can always change it later on, modify it, if you see things are going well, but for my money? I won't remarry without one. They won't sign, they won't marry me.
2016-04-03 05:12:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can see both sides of this debate. I think that once you are married any money you make or things you acquire should be split equally, but as far as family money goes, I wouldn't want someone to take things that my family has worked hard for in the event that we divorced. However, it is kind of like admitting defeat prior to even getting married.
I'm 23 and female.
2007-11-09 18:39:00 · answer #5 · answered by grace 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Another name for prenupt is contract.
Marriage is a contract. What your looking to do is bring the marriage contract current to todays date.
If your Kitten disapproves of the idea, than there's no point in the marriage as it's an agreement / contract.
2007-11-09 21:52:24 · answer #6 · answered by Nana Butterfly 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Female, 22.
I am actually about to get married and I know for a fact that I won't ask for a pre-nup. As a matter of fact, some of the vows that we're thinking about using for the wedding say "With this ring I thee wed and with all my worldly goods I thee endow". Basically saying, I'm marrying you so everything I have is yours too.
My problem with the idea of a pre-nup is that you're preparing for the end of your marriage when what you should be thinking about is how to make it last forever. If people spent more time preparing for the marriage itself than drawing up pre-nups maybe marriage would mean more to people.
2007-11-09 18:32:49 · answer #7 · answered by Been here before 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Female 44
I would sign a pre nuptual agreement. If I did not work for the things aquired before the marriage, I would have no moral right to them. Of course, I would have it reviewed by the best attorney in the world...my friend Joe.
2007-11-09 19:24:15 · answer #8 · answered by The Evolution of T. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am a female and i am 41yrs old, as far as a prenup goes only if u have alot of money should there be a prenup and if u are the one to end the marriage then u should be taken to the cleaners and the prenup should be null and void...
2007-11-09 18:31:03 · answer #9 · answered by THE UK WILDCAT FAMILY 10 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am a 39 year old female and I agree with you.
2007-11-09 19:42:09 · answer #10 · answered by kim h 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋