Comments on: Pre-nups a must-have for modern marriage http://30isthenewblack.com/2009/10/16/pre-nups-a-must-have-for-modern-marriage/ A lifestyle blog about fashion, women’s issues, dating, fashion, exercise and fitness, trying to make sense of a world obsessed by couples, calories and celebrities. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:12:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bubbles http://30isthenewblack.com/2009/10/16/pre-nups-a-must-have-for-modern-marriage/#comment-2543 Bubbles Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:22:04 +0000 http://30isthenewblack.com/2009/10/16/pre-nups-a-must-have-for-modern-marriage/#comment-2543 Marriage is a financial union - and married people make decisions based on their joint finances. If my husband and I decided that he would stop working so he could renovate our house then it would be completely unfair for me to dump him with nothing. What if I decided to take a semester of full time study and he supported me but got threatened by my new brainiac attitude halfway through and took off? For all these reasons pre-nups are extremely limited in Australia and can be invalidated by a judge for pretty much any reason. I think that if these concerns are really concerns then the partners are probably better off waiting to get married rather than going ahead with a marriage they don't trust and relying on paperwork that means nothing. Marriage is a financial union – and married people make decisions based on their joint finances. If my husband and I decided that he would stop working so he could renovate our house then it would be completely unfair for me to dump him with nothing. What if I decided to take a semester of full time study and he supported me but got threatened by my new brainiac attitude halfway through and took off?

For all these reasons pre-nups are extremely limited in Australia and can be invalidated by a judge for pretty much any reason. I think that if these concerns are really concerns then the partners are probably better off waiting to get married rather than going ahead with a marriage they don’t trust and relying on paperwork that means nothing.

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