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Get. A. Prenup. Trust me on this; I should know. You have _no_ idea what the future will bring. You might have comparable assets and income now, but that could
by niccaluim 10y ago
Get. A. Prenup. Trust me on this; I should know.
You have _no_ idea what the future will bring. You might have comparable assets and income now, but that could change. People have a tendency to dramatically underestimate how different their lives will be in even just 5-10 years.
Prenups protect both parties. They aren't just a way for one spouse to raise a fortress around their assets. What if the balance of income changes during the marriage? It could. You don't know. Just because things are a certain way now, doesn't mean they will be later.
And you might be madly in love today, but when things go south, it brings out the absolute worst in people. Negotiate these things now while you still have each other's best interests in mind; don't wait until you hate each other and are trying to get revenge.
- emodendroket 10y agoIt seems like a prenup preemptively protecting assets that do not exist would be rather difficult both to write and to enforce.
- niccaluim 10y agoProtecting future assets is the whole point. In community property states, assets acquired prior to the marriage are already separate property.