Would you sign a prenuptial agreement? (older, separation, problems, looking)
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At this stage of my life, if something were to happen and I was no longer married, I wouldn't be looking to mingle my house or finances with someone else so I guess there would still be no need for a prenup.
How would you keep those separate without a prenup?
I suspect how you go about asking someone to sign a pre nup would have a lot to do with how they might feel about it. If neither of you own any substantial amount of property, it might be as important as it would be if one of you has large assets. You might want to read up on the laws in your state, sometimes a pre nup only protects the assets you have before you marry and those you develop after the marriage are still considered community property. Some states have real different laws, Nevada, for instance has laws on the books that read if the wife doesn't perform the duties of a wife, then when it comes to a settlement, its curtain for her. It is best to talk about and settle many issues that cause problems in a marriage, before you get married.
Like a soldier blind in one eye and with my left leg blown clean off (and now I got this prosthetic contraption) I survived one War just barely. Now you want me to go in and do another tour of duty?
We goin' do things a little different this time around...
I suspect how you go about asking someone to sign a pre nup would have a lot to do with how they might feel about it. If neither of you own any substantial amount of property, it might be as important as it would be if one of you has large assets. You might want to read up on the laws in your state, sometimes a pre nup only protects the assets you have before you marry and those you develop after the marriage are still considered community property. Some states have real different laws, Nevada, for instance has laws on the books that read if the wife doesn't perform the duties of a wife, then when it comes to a settlement, its curtain for her. It is best to talk about and settle many issues that cause problems in a marriage, before you get married.
Hmmm. May have to put them Wyoming relocation plans on hold
How would you keep those separate without a prenup?
I wouldn't marry or live with them. Sorry, I guess that wasn't clear.
In my opinion, marriage means meshing your life with someone else which includes households and finances. If I wasn't interested in doing that with someone else again, I'd just not marry that person. I wouldn't ask for or require a prenup.
I wouldn't marry or live with them. Sorry, I guess that wasn't clear.
In my opinion, marriage means meshing your life with someone else which includes households and finances. If I wasn't interested in doing that with someone else again, I'd just not marry that person. I wouldn't ask for or require a prenup.
Oh! Yes, I thought you mean the opposite -- that you would marry, but only with someone who didn't want a prenup.
I have had cases in my family that there should have been one. There was so much turmoil from the second wife and the step children. I know that if something should happen to my wife, I will probably not remarry but if I did, I would insist on a prenup. I did inherit a tidy sum but would want it to go directly to my daughter with no step children or spouse getting anything. JMHO
Rogarven, wouldn't a Living Trust and/or will do the same thing?
I ask, not because I have strong feeling about pre-nups (I am on the fence about them) but because I also have property and an inheritance that will be passed to my children upon my death, as outlined in my Living Trust. Also, my husband's Trust states something similar, wherein his bio child will inherit some of his properties.
Additionally, he is the executor of his grandmother's estate and it clearly specifies that his inheritance goes to my husband and his bio children specifically and not to me or my children.
Well for me it's a moot point, since I don't plan to marry. Hypothetically though, if someone came to me with a bunch of papers to sign, I would be insulted that it wasn't a joint effort to have them drawn up.
If I were included in the process, however, then I wouldn't have an issue with it.
People always ask, "Ooh, would you sign a prenup?!" "Would you be offended?!" "Is it really love?!"
THE STATE HAS A PRENUP ALL READY FOR YOU IF YOU DIVORCE.
Why not make your own?
Same thing with your assets when you die.
The state has a nice little process whereby they take all your crap and divvy it up the way THEY decide.
That's why you MAKE A WILL.
People get wrapped up in the meaningless emotions and fail to see what's already right there.
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