Prenuptial Agreement

[weedebz 0]

I'm in agreement with you too Kazan' tiger. 100%. For me marriage is lifelong and a show of the love and trust you have for each other.

[DakotaK1 1]

Anybody get a prenup during the 90 days before marrying on the K-1 Visa?

Just curious.......

We didnt do one,I would not of wanted one either.

If I am already thinking about "getting divorced" then I dont get married in the first place,period.

I do however think if one of the partners is a millionare for example to agree on one,like filmstars etc.

These cases are rare though.

[BlakeandOlha 0]

For me, it IS admitting defeat. IMO, the idea that I might need to be protected, means I don't wholeheartedly trust my husband and my marriage.

I am sure that the couples in the 50% of marriages that end in divorce didn't go into their wedding planning to have them fail. And I am sure many of them felt the same way as you do now. I think that if you don't own a business, nor have other property/financial committments in your life, nor have family heirlooms you've been entrusted with, then I think fine, who needs one. As Dylan said: If you ain't got nothin, you got nothin to loose. In a perfect world you are absolutely right, but unfortunately we don't really live in that world. No one gave me a crystal ball, and I can't see perfectly 5, 10, 15 years down the road (wish I could). No one gave me a magic wand so I could "make" people love me forever. How would you go about explaining to the children of your first marriage (I don't know if that's your case or not) that they're not getting to go to college because of your ex decided to run off with his secretary? Personally I don't intend to have one, but to say that someone having a prenup somehow makes their love less committed (and thereby less worthy) isn't right.

[Mrs.J06 4]

Anybody get a prenup during the 90 days before marrying on the K-1 Visa?

Just curious.......

Are you asking if it is possible to set up a prenup in the 90 days before the wedding?

If so, yes, it is, we did it too. You have to spend some time thinking about what you want from a prenup, though.

However, I agree with what other people said here: it certainly should not be discussed only once your fiance(e) is in the US with you. If one party has a desire to set up a prenup this should be discussed much, much earlier in the relationship.

[Alex+R 0]

Life is a long time. Hopefully you end up with the person you chose til the bitter end, but that's not always in your hands. You might share everything, but you don't become one person, and people change. Your partner could have a midlife crisis and cheat. They could have trouble adjusting to life in the U.S., become depressed, and act irrationally. Heck, they could have a brain injury and change completely. If you have things, you should get a pre-nup, end of story. Any other decision is kind of naive.

I didn't get one, but that's because neither of us has anything!

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Life is a long time. Hopefully you end up with the person you chose til the bitter end, but that's not always in your hands. You might share everything, but you don't become one person, and people change. Your partner could have a midlife crisis and cheat. They could have trouble adjusting to life in the U.S., become depressed, and act irrationally. Heck, they could have a brain injury and change completely. If you have things, you should get a pre-nup, end of story. Any other decision is kind of naive.

I didn't get one, but that's because neither of us has anything!

What? You're poor? eeeeewwwwww I don't think we can be friends anymore Alex. Thank god we had a pre-friend agreement. Now, hand over the Communist Manifesto girl, it's MINE.

[Alex+R 0]

Life is a long time. Hopefully you end up with the person you chose til the bitter end, but that's not always in your hands. You might share everything, but you don't become one person, and people change. Your partner could have a midlife crisis and cheat. They could have trouble adjusting to life in the U.S., become depressed, and act irrationally. Heck, they could have a brain injury and change completely. If you have things, you should get a pre-nup, end of story. Any other decision is kind of naive.

I didn't get one, but that's because neither of us has anything!

What? You're poor? eeeeewwwwww I don't think we can be friends anymore Alex. Thank god we had a pre-friend agreement. Now, hand over the Communist Manifesto girl, it's MINE.

Thank God. Give me back my Little Red Book.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Life is a long time. Hopefully you end up with the person you chose til the bitter end, but that's not always in your hands. You might share everything, but you don't become one person, and people change. Your partner could have a midlife crisis and cheat. They could have trouble adjusting to life in the U.S., become depressed, and act irrationally. Heck, they could have a brain injury and change completely. If you have things, you should get a pre-nup, end of story. Any other decision is kind of naive.

I didn't get one, but that's because neither of us has anything!

What? You're poor? eeeeewwwwww I don't think we can be friends anymore Alex. Thank god we had a pre-friend agreement. Now, hand over the Communist Manifesto girl, it's MINE.

Thank God. Give me back my Little Red Book.

I don't think so Thank Marx the pre-friend agreement was written in Spanish: YOU LOST EVERYTHINNNNNNG.

[Alex+R 0]

sh!t. Well, you win again, Len. You win again. ¡Felicitaciones! or something!

[chispas 0]

Speaking as a lawyer: Absolutely get one and speak about it with your potential spouse long before she/he gets here (maybe even before filing your k-1/k-3 paperwork). This is especially important if you have kids from a prior relationship whose interests may need to be protected. Now if you were married prior and have a well-written settlement agreement that addresses potential future spouses, you may be alright going without one dependent upon individual circumstances.

Speaking as a person in love: Heck no.

I agree with your lawyer position. I was advised, by an immigration lawyer, to get one before getting married. He said all I should mention is that whatever I had built prior to getting married should be divided up in such and such a way. He suggested this since we both have children their interests should be protected. Anything we build together is considered “us” money and is handled in yada yada way. I didn’t get a prenup and the funds a set apart for my children’s education is now being tapped. If one has interests which need to remain in place if a divorce occurs then by all means make one. I don’t see anything wrong with declaring what “the our” funds are ahead of time. God forbid anything happen to you or your health before you write a will. Then what?

[bakofoil 27]

Hmm... Who gets the Hong Kong Fooey action figure?

[chispas 0]

Life is a long time. Hopefully you end up with the person you chose til the bitter end, but that's not always in your hands. You might share everything, but you don't become one person, and people change. Your partner could have a midlife crisis and cheat. They could have trouble adjusting to life in the U.S., become depressed, and act irrationally. Heck, they could have a brain injury and change completely. If you have things, you should get a pre-nup, end of story. Any other decision is kind of naive.

I didn't get one, but that's because neither of us has anything!

Mine ended up in the County hospital and did act irrationally. It is just the reality of what can happen.

[Ms. Squirrel 11]

Jeffers and I have a prenup, no biggie

Contracts are made for times of war, not for times of peace. And you never know what's going to happen, things can always go ugly.

[Amby 490]

I agree with Alex do it if you have lots of money but we didn't do it because neither of us had anything.

[jom 4]

My husband sends monthly child support to his 2 young sons, received by his ex. Before I arrived here, my husband's brother warned him that he might consider a prenuptial agreement because he read somewhere that if I will be working soon and will add income to the household my huband's ex-wife can actually go to court and ask for an increase of the child support which is already more than a thousand dollars per month. With this predicament, we talked, and he wanted to enter into a prenup to protect my earnings from the greedy ex wife (I have met her and my golly, she is what my husband says she is) But upon consultation with his divorce lawyer, his ex wife can only run after my income if anything happens to my husband and he becomes disable. With this assurance , we didnt enter into a prenup.

If indeed, my husband's brother was right, and his ex wife can run after my income even if my husband is still working, then definitely we will enter into a pre-nuptial agreement. I will insist on it, lol.

Myla