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More women are asking for prenups
Sun Sentinel ^
| September 18, 2005
| Georgia East
Posted on 09/18/2005 3:05:48 AM PDT by 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."
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News
KEYWORDS: divorce; greed; marriage; matrimony; prenup; prenuptual
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To: MikeinIraq
Read the next posts...
We all called him what he was (or more like, we told him what he WASN'T).
241
posted on
09/19/2005 5:30:34 PM PDT
by
najida
(So, I said to myself -Self, I really think shrimp heads in the flower pots as compost is a bit much!)
To: MikeinIraq
maybe, instead, he's REALLY ugly?
242
posted on
09/19/2005 5:31:10 PM PDT
by
King Prout
(19sep05 - I want at least 2 Saiga-12 shotguns. If you have leads, let me know)
To: Libloather; Goodgirlinred
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.
243
posted on
09/19/2005 5:31:12 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(Hey Fox News, MORE MOLLY, LESS Greta van Talksoutthesideofhermouth)
To: MikeinIraq
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.
244
posted on
09/19/2005 5:33:35 PM PDT
by
najida
(So, I said to myself -Self, I really think shrimp heads in the flower pots as compost is a bit much!)
To: Caipirabob
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.
245
posted on
09/19/2005 5:33:35 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: Age of Reason
And modern society is a lousy partner for one's marriage.
What the hell are you babbling about now?
246
posted on
09/19/2005 5:34:46 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(Hey Fox News, MORE MOLLY, LESS Greta van Talksoutthesideofhermouth)
To: najida; Age of Reason
I see...
let's see if he will respond to me.
chances are he doesn't have the sack to do so....
247
posted on
09/19/2005 5:35:36 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(Hey Fox News, MORE MOLLY, LESS Greta van Talksoutthesideofhermouth)
To: najida
Threads like this bring out the neanderthals....
248
posted on
09/19/2005 5:36:00 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(Hey Fox News, MORE MOLLY, LESS Greta van Talksoutthesideofhermouth)
To: Caipirabob
I do. They have no business getting married. They should just shack up and leave the legal system out of it.
249
posted on
09/19/2005 5:36:17 PM PDT
by
JasonC
To: King Prout
I think you might have a point....
250
posted on
09/19/2005 5:37:16 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(Hey Fox News, MORE MOLLY, LESS Greta van Talksoutthesideofhermouth)
To: MikeinIraq
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.
251
posted on
09/19/2005 5:38:36 PM PDT
by
najida
(So, I said to myself -Self, I really think shrimp heads in the flower pots as compost is a bit much!)
To: MikeinIraq; uglybiker
you stole that from uglybiker, din't'cha?
252
posted on
09/19/2005 5:38:41 PM PDT
by
King Prout
(19sep05 - I want at least 2 Saiga-12 shotguns. If you have leads, let me know)
To: King Prout; uglybiker
I just googled ugly guy actually...
I am REALLY amazed a pic of me didnt come up
253
posted on
09/19/2005 5:40:18 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(Hey Fox News, MORE MOLLY, LESS Greta van Talksoutthesideofhermouth)
To: najida; Age of Reason
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...
254
posted on
09/19/2005 5:41:04 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(Hey Fox News, MORE MOLLY, LESS Greta van Talksoutthesideofhermouth)
To: MikeinIraq
>>>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... :)
255
posted on
09/19/2005 5:41:24 PM PDT
by
Keith in Iowa
(Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?)
To: Keith in Iowa
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.
:)
256
posted on
09/19/2005 5:43:05 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(Hey Fox News, MORE MOLLY, LESS Greta van Talksoutthesideofhermouth)
To: MikeinIraq
i'd type a reply, but mollie d panther is mooching my beer
257
posted on
09/19/2005 5:44:08 PM PDT
by
King Prout
(19sep05 - I want at least 2 Saiga-12 shotguns. If you have leads, let me know)
To: MikeinIraq
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).
258
posted on
09/19/2005 5:44:23 PM PDT
by
najida
(So, I said to myself -Self, I really think shrimp heads in the flower pots as compost is a bit much!)
To: King Prout
259
posted on
09/19/2005 5:45:07 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(Hey Fox News, MORE MOLLY, LESS Greta van Talksoutthesideofhermouth)
To: najida
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....
260
posted on
09/19/2005 5:45:47 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(Hey Fox News, MORE MOLLY, LESS Greta van Talksoutthesideofhermouth)
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