Pitter - Any room for compromise? Do you at any time believe that your wife would be entitled to any assets? Perhaps after a certain length of time? Or with the addition of children? Does it have to be all or nothing?
If you were financially well established, prior to your engagement, no discussion of asset protection then? It's just hard to go back after the fact and say, "Oh honey, by the way" I want you to sign a post-nup that says you are not entitled to this or that of my choosing on entirely my terms. How it comes across on an emotional level will not help your marriage. But it will help your asset protection! Let this be a lesson to all now - get it in writing before!
doglover wrote:I have to wonder, why at the age of 30, she doesn't have any savings to speak of. Does your wife work Pitter?
Even if she is dirt poor, she should have been at least given some advance idea or notice before marrying Pitter that's what he wanted to arrange with his assets. Even dirt poor women deserve dignity in this respect, money doesn't entirely make Pitter happy, he did marry her after all. She does have value - even if she doesn't have assets.