Is anyone else planning on getting a prenup? When do you plan on meeting with lawyers? any advice is appreciated.
we're not doing a prenup...neither one of us has anything right now, so we have nothing to protect.
Im not doing one but my friend has. They did about 2 months before the wedding. It was just basic stuff though, he bought the house before they were together so something about the equity in the home (he gets whatever he laid out), he has a very expensive guitar collection and things along that line. HTH
Posted by EsquireBride
Is anyone else planning on getting a prenup? When do you plan on meeting with lawyers? any advice is appreciated.
Posted by Kristina2009
Posted by EsquireBride
Is anyone else planning on getting a prenup? When do you plan on meeting with lawyers? any advice is appreciated.
I am not getting a prenup but I would advise you to see an attorney as soon as possible if it is something you want. Have you discussed this with FH? A good friend of mine wanted a prenup and they waited until 2 months before rtheir wedding and those 2 months were incredibly stressful because of the prenup. Preups can be hard unless it is something both people believe in equally.
Posted by MrsZtoBe
We want to get one, but I am not sure what we are 'allowed' to put into it.
My friend who is a lawyer told me that anything you inherit is not considered marital property and would not be split if there was a divorce. Does anyone know if that is true?
Posted by EsquireBride
Posted by MrsZtoBe
We want to get one, but I am not sure what we are 'allowed' to put into it.
My friend who is a lawyer told me that anything you inherit is not considered marital property and would not be split if there was a divorce. Does anyone know if that is true?
I think it may be true but I am not 100% -- my friend got divorced and if he gets any inheritance, it doesn't get factored into his income and his payments to his ex don't go up as a result. But since this is not my field of law, I don't want to say I am certain.
Posted by EsquireBride
Posted by MrsZtoBe
We want to get one, but I am not sure what we are 'allowed' to put into it.
My friend who is a lawyer told me that anything you inherit is not considered marital property and would not be split if there was a divorce. Does anyone know if that is true?
I think it may be true but I am not 100% -- my friend got divorced and if he gets any inheritance, it doesn't get factored into his income and his payments to his ex don't go up as a result. But since this is not my field of law, I don't want to say I am certain.
I am a matrimonial attorney. In answer to your question re: the inheritance, inheritance is separate property unless you commingle the funds (or property). Property purchased prior to marriage is also separate property unless commingled. Things that lead to the transmutation of property or inheritance from separate to marital include transferring the property into both names, making major improvements on the property using marital funds, using inheritance money to pay for marital bills, etc. Basically anything that indicates an intent to share can make separate property become marital. It's way more complicated than this, but that's the short answer.
We are doing one and we are going to get things started in Jan.
Posted by Cacarina
we're not doing a prenup...neither one of us has anything right now, so we have nothing to protect.
We are both in law school so all we have are loans at this point thus no need for one as far as we can tell. Also, in NY, any inheritance will be the property of that spouse and will not be split at divorce.
No prenup for us....we don't plan on getting divorced!
No prenup for us either. We also don't plan on getting divorced.
Posted by Cacarina
we're not doing a prenup...neither one of us has anything right now, so we have nothing to protect.
Posted by flairforfashion
No prenup for us either. We also don't plan on getting divorced.
Posted by flairforfashion
No prenup for us either. We also don't plan on getting divorced.
