[apackof2]

Well its her money, she can disperse it anyway she wants

[misterrob]

Anyone who gets miffed at this is living in denial. Family money is family money, it should not go to ex-spouses if your kid gets a divorce.

[Cicero]

I agree. The problem is not with prenups, although none of my children have them. The problem is with frequent divorce.

This is not that different from entailment, which used to be common among landed families in England.

[qam1]

Generation X, adds Kane, is a guiding force in the rising tide of financial pacts.

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[lowbridge]

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[Pukin Dog]

What an awesome way to protect your kids!

"I'm sorry baby. You KNOW I love you, but my folks wont let me do this without that prenup. You are a wonderful girl, probably the best I will ever meet, but unfortunately I will need to eat whether you hang around or not. So lets just pretend we are married? We can call it a 'test-drive'. Oh baby, don't be that way. You KNOW I love you. Don't make me choose between you and my food!"

[festus]

I like this variation on the conditional bequest.

If god forbid I have to get remarried I am doing a prenup.

[SamAdams76]

Amazing, isn't it? Women love to cling to the man with money and desire the ability to soak him for every dime if the marriage doesn't work out. But when it's the woman with the money, they insist on the prenup.

[MoochPooch]

I wonder if going into a marriage defensively will ironically contribute to a divorce later.

While I can see certain advantages to a prenup, I also see the hidden message: that you don't trust your spouse.

[TheSpottedOwl]

I'm in favor of a prenup when there are children from a previous marriage, and a decent amount of assets that belong to said children.

I thought family money, assets, and items aquired before marriage were exempt from a divorce settlement?

[day10]

Your thoughts ping?

[MaDeuce]

Smart move by the parents ... as a lot of people said here "its their money, they can do with it as they please".

But I'm sure there will be some very crafty lawyers who will circumvent this clause.

I just figure, why bother getting married at all these days. For us gen-x'ers there is no benefit to it any more ... at least as far as I have observed.

[jocon307]

Is this controlling and money obsessed woman going to dictate the terms of the pre-nups, for her not even marriagable aged children?

[Petronski]

The kids -- now 5, 8 and 16 -- can cash in on the family assets when they turn 30. But there is a catch -- each must sign a prenuptial agreement before saying "I do."

She's poisoning her children's future marriages.

[ex-Texan]

If I win the $ 350 million powerball lotto tonight I'm expecting to become very popular. LOL! Of course, I will insist on a prenup when, and if, the woman in question ropes me into marriage.

[svcw]

"Short engagements lead to short marriages," Buonomo says.

Not necessarily ... my husband and I married after three weeks, ya three weeks ,, we just celebrated our thirty third anniversary. Ok I know it could end soon ... not.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Several years ago, I was driving cross country and heard an interview with the now late Marvin Mitchelson, famed palimony attorney. They were discussing pre nups. Mitchelson said they were the way to go. The interviewer then brought up that Mitchelson got married a few months before and asked if he had a pre nup. Mitchelson said he didn't. He said it all goes to trust. Just amazed me that am an who made millions off of pre nups and just highly recommended them didn't have one himself.

[JohnnyZ]

In olden days, marriage contracts were negotiated financial documents, so prenups aren't that strange in that way.

Of course, a prenup is the clearest way of saying "We don't believe in lifelong marriage".

The only type of prenup I'd think about condoning is one where the spouse filing for divorce forfeits rights to all significant possessions.

[Revolting cat!]

George: Do you see what this is turning in to? Do I need this. 
I have to get out of this thing.

Elaine: Did you try the cigarettes?

George: Yeah.. They made me sick.

Kramer: All right, All right. Lets get down here. 
You really want to get out of this thing ?

George: Yeah...

Kramer: All right. I got two words for you; Pre-Nup.

George: What does that mean?

Kramer: Ask her to sign a pre-nup.

George: What does that do?

Kramer: Because most women when they're asked to sign 
a pre-nup are so offended they back out of the marriage.

George: They are?... Elaine?

Elaine: I wouldn't sign one.

George: Pre-nup of course ..Kramer....

Kramer: Get out of here.



(George and Susan at their apt.

George: Hi.

Susan: Hi. Hey I've been going over the list .What about
The Drake? Wanna invite him?

George: Yeah. Got to invite The Drake. Listen hem...
there's something that's been on my mind and

we haven't really talked about it..I t's kind of important to me.

Susan: What is it?

George: Well I I ..put a lot of thought into this and I 
think I would like you to sign a prenuptual agreement.

Susan: A pre-nup?

George: Yeah.

Susan: (burst out laughing)

George: What's so funny?

Susan: Ha.Ha.Ha. ha...You don't have any money. 
I make more money than you do. ha. ha. ha.

Yeah.. give me the papers I'll sign 'em.( she leaves) a pre-nup...

[technochick99]

He recalled a personal friend who waited to "drop the bomb" the day before his wedding. "He was nervous, thinking his bride-to-be might call the wedding off," Kane says. "I wouldn't recommend leaving the discussion for the last minute like he did. But she still agreed to marry him."

Too funny. This situation would lead to the prenup getting shot down in court.