Prenups against spousal support and other financial liabilities of the other pary?

[oscar_cville]

Virginia (only U.S. law)?

Hi, I was wondering if there is such a thing that protects husband or wife from paying the other half's financial liabilities (credit card, medical, and other life maintenance bills) as well as spousal support after divorce?
Let's say, Mike just married to Judy. Mike works and makes $30k/year and Judy makes $15k/year. Suddenly, Judy became sick and had to be hospitalized, no insurance per se, now Judy and Mike owe $15,000 to the hospital, they start paying monthly and after a year, Mike or Judy files for divorce. Does Mike still have to pay for Judy's medical bills? How about spousal support, if they married only 3years? How about if Judy had court proceedings(during marriage) and owed to court $5000, will Mike be liable for that after divorce?
I know there such a thing as a prenuptial agreements. Can it be made up so Mike won't have any financial liability and be protected from any financial liabilities to Judy? This is in the state of Virginia

Thank you for all your inputs!

 

[ecmst12]

Generally speaking, debt incurred during the marriage is marital and will be owed by both parties. The same with assets accrued during the marriage. If you are considering getting married and want a prenup, consult a lawyer. My understanding is that prenups are usually intended to protect pre-marital assets, but that's usually not even necessary since anything owned by either party prior to getting married is separate property anyway.

 

[Tayla]

Code of Virginia

Please use as a reference til proper legal consultation can be gained.

Code of Virginia/title 20-Domestic Relations/§ 20-150.

Interesting read and other codes are listed as to what can and cannot be modified/enforced. Apparently there are some pre-nups that can guard current and future assets for each entity.