The marriage contract: will put an end to your relationship

Video: The marriage contract: will put an end to your relationship

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Today, the attitude of lovers and happy couples to the marriage contract is ambiguous. Some have heard about such a treaty only remotely and have a rather vague idea of what exactly it is needed for. Others try to conclude an agreement before marriage, prescribing in detail all the details and conditions, describing how, in the event of a divorce, the property acquired in marriage will be divided, taking into account all the nuances and subtleties. There are those who, at the mention of a marriage contract, make an offended person and with indignation begin to accuse their soul mate of mistrust, lack of love and understanding, prudence and miserliness.

Let's see how a prenuptial agreement can help you. A marriage contract is an agreement between spouses that defines their property rights and responsibilities in marriage. By concluding such an agreement, spouses can determine at their own discretion: their rights and obligations to support one spouse to the other, ways of participating in each other's income, the procedure for each of them to bear family expenses. In the marriage contract, the husband and wife can also define the property that will be transferred to each of them in the event of divorce.

The main advantages of a marriage contract:

"You shouldn't regret that you didn't … We must act!"

A marriage contract is convenient because you can conclude it both immediately before marriage and after marriage, no matter how many years you have lived with your soul mate.
"Darling, I will give you the whole world!"

Girls often hear such words at the beginning, but, unfortunately, just as often that insignificant part of the "whole world" has to be sawed in half or defended in a fierce battle. By means of a marriage contract, spouses can determine their rights in relation to the property that they already have, and in relation to the property that they plan to acquire in the future, namely, to register who and what will belong. For example, you have an apartment and you are planning to buy a country house - you can prescribe in the contract that the country house after its acquisition will belong to your spouse, and the apartment - to you, or vice versa. At the same time, whether you actually buy what you were going to buy or not, the other terms of the contract will not be reflected, just the condition for a house on the Cote d'Azur will not come into force due to the absence of the house itself.
“I am an exemplary housewife, not a bum! Isn't running a house a job !? "

In addition to the rights, the marriage contract allows you to determine the responsibilities of spouses for mutual maintenance, ways of participating in each other's income, the procedure for each of them to bear family expenses. If, when creating a family, it is assumed that one of the spouses will manage the household, while not working or earning significantly less than the second spouse, you can indicate what part (size) of the income of the second spouse he can claim.
"The mother-in-law gave her son a car …"

Spouses also have the right to change the regime of property belonging to each of the spouses (premarital property, property received as a gift, by way of inheritance or other gratuitous transactions).
“The TV, the washing machine and the sofa are mine, they were bought with my money! There is nothing of yours! "

It's no secret that many divorces come with scandals, mutual grievances, and sometimes even threats, which, believe me, does no honor to either side. Former spouses begin to share everything they have acquired according to the law, going to court and spending a lot of money on lawyers. If such a couple had a marriage contract, all this could have been avoided, because in the contract the spouses can independently determine the property that will be transferred to each of them in the event of a divorce.

Of course, anything happens in life and it is impossible to insure yourself and your loved ones against many things, but you can also learn from other people's mistakes:

There are many examples that speak both for and against a marriage contract, so it's up to everyone to conclude it or not. However, if you decide to protect yourself from the vicissitudes of fate, you must carefully consider all the points of the marriage contract so that it is not challenged in court. To draw up such an agreement, it is best to involve specialists who, taking into account your wishes and the wishes of your loved one, will draw up a clear and competent agreement, which will help in the future to avoid conflicts related to challenging this document and conflicts arising from property disputes between spouses. If you approach this issue calmly and judiciously, then the marriage contract has a positive effect on family life, bringing understanding and stability to the spouses.