She probably isn't, and will not be, making enough money for a prenuptial agreement to be necessary. A lot of people talk prenup to overestimate their income and wealth reality or potential, and also as a way of being a complete self-important asshole.
As far as I'm concerned, prenuptial agreements are for substantial income and wealth differentials in which people want to agree to a set distribution if things don't work out. It is unfortunate that people are looking forward to things not working out. But, the prenup shouldn't be applied to people who are just breaking 100K-200K a year but have no wealth accumulated. That's still a paycheck from broke, as far as I'm concerned. Some people are even obnoxious enough to do a prenup because they make 80K a year and their future spouse makes 50K--making more than someone who makes a relatively small amount isn't a substantial enough income differential for a prenup.
Now as for splitting up the property, although I still think prenups are a sucky concept, that makes more sense. But not if they only have 1 house that neither owned before getting married. Only if there is substantial property to be broken up--especially a house that's worth more than 100K. I think couples need to see what the nature of their breakup is before assuming that the person with all the money and property is not going to be the reason for the breakup--i.e. infedility.
Last edited by DSTCHAOS; 10-18-2007 at 10:20 AM.
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