What good is the contract (or covenant)? If I had left my wife and run off with another woman, my wife would take me for all I have. Too bad here in Virginia it doesn’t work the other way around. My wife DID leave me for another man and according to VA law, she should get half of my assets, including my Navy pension.
Where is the justice in that? The Bible says that adulterers should be executed (Old Testament Law) not rewarded.
If we got government out of the marriage business, none of that would have necessarily happened to you. Let people marry in church or synogogue and separately draw up legal contracts that fit their mutual interests.