Pre Nup Agreements

[Marty Funkhouser]

Where do you stand on Pre Nups? Good idea? Bad idea?

[jas xjr]

not legal in the uk as far as i know

[Bullett]

and pre-empting failure.

[Marty Funkhouser]

Bullett said:

and pre-empting failure.

or just being practical/realistic?

[johnfm]

I think if either party has significant assets before the marriage, it is a common sense way of avoiding messy divorces in the event of problems. They could ovecome silly results resulting form UK divorce law.

Best thing would be to enter into the pre-nup in Germany and ensure the agreement his governed by German Law and has a well drafted jurisdiction clause. I think pre-nups hold water in Germany.

[StevieBee]

Marty Funkhouser said:

Bullett said:

and pre-empting failure.

or just being practical/realistic?

Agree with Bullett. Any relationship entered into with a need to lay out what happens when it goes wrong is not a sound relationship.

But.....

Sadly, society is lending itself to relationships being such throwaway commodities that one has to agree with Marty too.

[Meoricin]

jas xjr said:

not legal in the uk as far as i know

Just to clarify that - they're not legally binding, though the court may consider them if it wishes during divorce disputes. They're certainly not illegal.