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I find that many people are blindsided when their spouse wants to divorce them. This often leads to financial ruin. Trust is important in a relationship but that is not a reason to be unprepared. However, you can never assume that they will never divorce you and take you to the cleaners. My plan for avoiding a major financial hit in the event of a divorce is to cash a portion of my paycheck and put it in a location known only to me. The money would be untraceable from lawyers and could allow me to come out of a divorce financially unscathed. I consider it an insurance policy. Marriage is a high risk investment and therefore insurance is required.
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Since your paycheck is most likely in this day and age in the form of a direct deposit, your plan will fail. Even if it isn't, there will be records of it being cashed or your employer/IRS can be subpenaed to find out what you were paid.
If you feel the way you do, just don't get married. Far simpler than concocting schemes.
Since your paycheck is most likely in this day and age in the form of a direct deposit, your plan will fail. Even if it isn't, there will be records of it being cashed or your employer/IRS can be subpenaed to find out what you were paid.
If you feel the way you do, just don't get married. Far simpler than concocting schemes.
So I should risk financial ruin in the name of love?
What you are saying would be illegal (if you hide it, you would be in contempt of court) and really easy to trace like Timber said. You know, they actually have real marriage insurance you can purchase. Don't know if it's any good, but it's out there: Divorce insurance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Or you can get a pre-nup. You can state in it that any assets you accumulated prior to knowing her, or marrying her whichever you choose stays with you in the event of a divorce. Men still pay alimony the vast majority of the time, but this is changing.
Since your paycheck is most likely in this day and age in the form of a direct deposit, your plan will fail. Even if it isn't, there will be records of it being cashed or your employer/IRS can be subpenaed to find out what you were paid.
If you feel the way you do, just don't get married. Far simpler than concocting schemes.
Or alternatively I could withdraw mundane amounts from our joint account and store it in a safe. If it looks random no one will suspect a thing. the cash can be untraceable if I put it in a safe.
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Or alternatively I could withdraw mundane amounts from our joint account and store it in a safe. If it looks random no one will suspect a thing. the cash can be untraceable if I put it in a safe.
Sure. Good luck with that.
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Why is everyone so determined to make men loose in the event of a divorce?
It is "lose" not "loose" and no one is determined to do so. Unless you're assuming you will. I would have no such assumption, myself.
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