I'm not a Rockefeller or heir to any particular fortune, but I think a pre-nup to cover a few specific cases is reasonable. Am I way off base with these? Missing any other key ones? My girlfriend is in the position of out-earning me in her profession, and I think it's ridiculous that I would have to pay her alimony if she was the high earner and things didn't work out down the road.
1. If the marriage ends within a short period of time (say, 3 years) then both parties retain any assets/liabilities they had when the marriage began, and the total increase in assets over the marriage is divided by percentage contribution (if one person has been earning $100k and the other $50k, the first person gets 66% of the increase, 33% to the other).
2. If both people have been working from the time of marriage until the divorce (that is to say, no one has become a stay at home parent), then neither is entitled to alimony from the other - they both still have their careers.
3. If one person commits adultery and it results in a divorce, they're not entitled to any alimony from the other person. The remainder of the assets are divided by percentage contribution (e.g. if the person who had the affair has been sitting on the couch doing nothing for the last 5 years, tough beans).
Obviously these only apply to alimony...I don't believe that you can contract around child support, even if you tried. And while I'm not thrilled by the idea of a pre-nup (because of the trust issues it raises) I think it's like insurance...you get it and hope you never need it.
1. If the marriage ends within a short period of time (say, 3 years) then both parties retain any assets/liabilities they had when the marriage began, and the total increase in assets over the marriage is divided by percentage contribution (if one person has been earning $100k and the other $50k, the first person gets 66% of the increase, 33% to the other).
2. If both people have been working from the time of marriage until the divorce (that is to say, no one has become a stay at home parent), then neither is entitled to alimony from the other - they both still have their careers.
3. If one person commits adultery and it results in a divorce, they're not entitled to any alimony from the other person. The remainder of the assets are divided by percentage contribution (e.g. if the person who had the affair has been sitting on the couch doing nothing for the last 5 years, tough beans).
Obviously these only apply to alimony...I don't believe that you can contract around child support, even if you tried. And while I'm not thrilled by the idea of a pre-nup (because of the trust issues it raises) I think it's like insurance...you get it and hope you never need it.