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To: MississippiMasterpiece; ikka
The high percentage of marriages that end in divorce has created a new trend; many men are planning financially for their divorce before they even get married.

It doesn't matter - she'll still get a least half...

15 posted on 03/16/2005 4:13:33 AM PST by Libloather (Start Hillary's recount now - just to get it out of the way...)
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To: Libloather
It doesn't matter - she'll still get a least half...

I don't know of any state that doesn't recognize that what you acquired prior to your wedding vows is yours and not marital property. What is subject to division is what was acquired after the wedding.

It is more dangerous to put property in someone else's name entirely in order to hide it. One would have to trust that person completely.

I liked the comment above about opening an account and funding it, then stop the funding the day you're married and open a new account. The other spouse could not touch the first account in a divorce action, only the funds in the second account.

Plus, if you use funds from the pre-marriage accounts for major purchases, it is easy to show that the property was acquired with non-marital funds, and the property itself is non-marital nor subject to equitable division in a divorce.

91 posted on 03/16/2005 6:55:04 AM PST by PistolPaknMama (Will work for cool tag line.)
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