Getting married,need advice on Prenup

TrzVpr said:

What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? California

As subject says it. I am thinking about getting married but before I sign anything I want to make sure I am protected with a Prenup.. Right now I dont have much, just a car and a few other possessions but who knows what might happen say 10 years from now.. In the event we do get divorced in the future I do not want to get screwed.. I told her that I wanted a prenup and she sayed that since we do not have any property, we do not need one.. I wanted to double check first.. What do I need to do and look out for?

I am 23 and she is 25 if that matters.

I did a search for this but came up with more questions..

What is comingling(sp) of assests and why shouldnt I do it? What does it imply?

Thanks!
Help me Please!

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LdiJ said:

A prenup only protects assets acquired prior to the marriage. A prenup does not protect assets acquired during the marriage. So she really is right. You don't have any assets to protect, so you don't need a prenup.

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TrzVpr said:

So what do you recommend to protect future assets? For example if in the future we acquire cars, houses, and even have kids?

Also, what is comingling of assets?

Thx!

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LdiJ said:

You can't protect future assets. Anything gained during marriage is marital property.

Co-mingling of assets means jointly owning property, and joint bank accounts etc.

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TrzVpr said:

Is earned income considered an asset?

What if we have individual seperate bank accounts? If there anything to protect this so that it would not be considered a marital asset in the event of a disolution of marriage?

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LdiJ said:

Yes, earned income is a marital asset.

Look dude....you cannot protect any assets gained during the marriage. It doesn't matter if you keep your money in a separate bank account or not.
I have already answered your question multiple times. There is NOTHING that you can do.

Quite frankly, if I knew your girlfriend I would tell her to run, not walk, in the opposite direction from you. You have no business getting married.

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