It is understandable when two individuals come together to form a union with equal assets and things don't work out everything is split down the middle. But what about a scenario where one individual comes into the marriage with much and the other enters with little? Shouldn't the individual with much protect him/her financial future in the untimely event of divorce or does it set the wrong tone?

Is a prenuptial agreement a wise protection of assets or does signing a prenuptial agreement set the marriage up for failure?

Is a prenuptial agreement a wise protection of assets or does signing a prenuptial agreement set the marriage up for failure?

Most individuals pay very close attention to what the other individual brings to the table. Therefore, why shouldn't you protect your assets?
I do believe the prenup should be very informative and the other party should agree to it. If you'd like to grant the other part 30%, it should be stated in the prenup...the divorce will end a lot smoother.

I believe there should be a seperate agreement for Alimony that will includes whom the child's primary guardian will be (if there is a split) and how much one should be granted (percentage wise) from the other pary. Why Not? 

That's a tough one for me.  Even as a divorcee who struggled for a minute following the divorce from having to maintain a lifestyle built by two people --by myself...I'm still not sold on the prenup, except in cases where there is a HUGE difference in personal assets.

The business side of me understands the purpose of it, and feels its a good idea...but the emotional side wonders about the mentality it creates @ the offset of the marriage.  In essence the Prenup becomes another "get out of jail free card" that can, and most likely will be played when the marriage hits a bump.

Sometimes folks not being in a position to just walk away w/o financial consequences forces them to hang in there...and in so doing they have another opportunity to work on the marriage.  With the prenup...that incentive is often removed.  I don't know FH....I'm on the fence with this one.

I agree Dashon. If you come together and bring about the same to the table then why bother? However I believe I would want to protect myself if I was worth a LOT and she was worth little. Stuff happens and I think it's only wise to protect yourself.

ha! this is so funny because a guy I was dating was going on and on about prenups, and I had to tell him point blank, that a prenup would be more for my benefit than his, seeing as I would have to pay him alimony if we married and divorced (and trust, I am NOT close to wealthy ... yet).

Like Dashon, I am split on this one.  I can see how on the business side it makes sense.  However, I think people need to stop treating marriage like temporary situations that they can just get out of easily and like the lifelong commitment that it is.

@ JAT

Well, look at situations like Paul McCartney's divorce....That broad got something like $300 million out of that. How many of the Beatles' songs did she write? How many records did she sell? How many worldwide tours did she perform on?

Exactly. LOL