More women are asking for prenups

Sun Sentinel ^ | September 18, 2005 | Georgia East

[Caipirabob]

Over a casual dinner, Rachel Kaplan turned to her boyfriend and asked, "You're open for a prenup, right?"

Darren Waldohlz, 38, a partner in a successful speed-dating business, admits he was caught off guard. But he said he realized a prenuptial agreement would protect the house he owns, too.

"It's not that I plan to get divorced," says Kaplan, 23, a single mom from Fort Lauderdale, who has a sizable inheritance. "I have to protect myself and my daughter."

While men are still more likely to seek a prenup, "women are becoming a more dominant force," said attorney Alan Braverman, who has offices in Fort Lauderdale and Boynton Beach.

Experts attribute the change to women marrying later or more than once.

"It's not uncommon in today's world that women are entering marriages with assets and stock options," said matrimonial attorney Jacqueline Valdespino, in Coral Gables. "Now both sides have equal bargaining power."

[najida]

Read the next posts...
We all called him what he was (or more like, we told him what he WASN'T).

[King Prout]

maybe, instead, he's REALLY ugly?

[MikefromOhio]

You know, when the wife and I are blessed enough to have a child, I will do ANYTHING to make sure our house is clean, the baby is comfortable and healthy.

If that means I am out of my NUPS, so freakin be it.

I think your perspective needs some work. The Pregnant and barefoot attitude went out with slavery.

[najida]

You must have missed the guy on the other thread talking about what a great wife is mail order bride was and how he was trying hard to keep her from becoming westernized.

That was pretty creepy too.

[A CA Guy]

Inheritance is no issue in a marriage and is separate unless they mingle it into the estate.

If you make 550k a year and the one you marry makes 5k a year, a pre-nup might not be a bad idea and they must be consulting with their own lawyer about their own interest before they can sign and make it legal.
Even after signing such a paper, the spouse can object and some judge might still find the pre-nup unfair and inequitable and might award support or assets anyway.

Depends on the state, the judge and other stuff I guess.

[MikefromOhio]

And modern society is a lousy partner for one's marriage.


What the hell are you babbling about now?

[MikefromOhio]

I see...

let's see if he will respond to me.

chances are he doesn't have the sack to do so....

[MikefromOhio]

Threads like this bring out the neanderthals....

[JasonC]

I do. They have no business getting married. They should just shack up and leave the legal system out of it.

[MikefromOhio]

I think you might have a point....

[najida]

Part of me thinks (Ok, HOPES) that AOR is just yanking our collective chains or trying to act like the EeeVile! Conservative Male that the left is always talking about.

[King Prout]

you stole that from uglybiker, din't'cha?

[MikefromOhio]

I just googled ugly guy actually...

I am REALLY amazed a pic of me didnt come up

[MikefromOhio]

my guess is he isn't and this is what he truly believes...

but, of course, until he comes back to the thread and takes the verbal beating he has earned, we will never know...

[Keith in Iowa]

>>>The Pregnant and barefoot attitude went out with slavery.

We all know women need at least a few pairs of shoes, at least one has to be sensible... :)

[MikefromOhio]

LOL

you know, I was teasing my wife and said offhandedly that she had AT LEAST 30 different pairs of shoes...

I was wrong. She has 40.

:)

[King Prout]

i'd type a reply, but mollie d panther is mooching my beer

[najida]

Well,
he did post later that women shouldn't wear Tshirts in public and The Donna Reed Show was a great example of the perfect family for a woman to be raised in.

OK, at that point I decided he was pulling our chain (I hope).

[MikefromOhio]

can't have that LOL

[MikefromOhio]

interesting...

well until he states otherwise, I am going to have to believe he completely believes what he says...

He *MIGHT* be FR's first Muslim....