Sunday, January 11, 2015

In the case of divorce, best way to financially protect yourself? (hypothetically)?

Me and my friend were arguing over this one day, and he says that men will always get screwed in a divorce no matter what (assuming that the husband generally makes more income than the wife, or she doesnt even work). I said that first off, why marry a woman who is socially useless in the first place, if you did then the best way is to keep the paper work separate, as in money in your bank account wont be separated as long as it wasnt put into a joint account. Same thing for property. If you legally own the house and pay 100% of the mortgage, she has no rights to it. General principle is that only the things that were put into the marriage are split (joint assets), not all assets individual or joint. In the case of child custody, the woman often wins but if you are in a socially higher position, say stable employment and clean record, while she is unemployed and potential income is about half of yours, the man will most likely win. Another point is that if the wife uses recreational drugs even marijuana, bring it to court and its a auto win given you arent using any. Am I correct? Please leave your thoughts, legal not moral

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