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How to Protect Your Money in a Divorce

Lucy Garcia by Lucy Garcia
June 29, 2019
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If you keep your finances separate during your marriage, don’t assume they’ll stay separate if you divorce.

As CNBC reports, many people assume that keeping accounts and assets in their own name will protect them in the event of a divorce—but they’re wrong.

“People will think, ‘Well, the house is in my name, so I get to keep it’ or ‘I put all of my income into my own separate bank account, so it’s all mine,’” Susan Guthrie, a family law attorney and mediator, tells CNBC Make It.

But that’s “100% wrong,” she says. No matter your state’s laws, once you get married, you should never just assume that your assets will remain yours if you get a divorce.

Some states have what are called “community property” laws, meaning any property earned or purchased during the marriage belongs to both partners regardless of which partner’s name is on the documentation.

However, even if you live in a state without community property laws, you may still be asked to divide savings and assets with your soon-to-be-ex-spouse—even if those savings and assets were kept in separate accounts.

This means that if you want to protect your finances during a divorce, you have to set up that protection before you get married.

A prenup, in other words.

Remember: a good prenup is designed to benefit both partners. It isn’t just a tool for you to say “this stuff is mine and you can’t ever have it.” It’s also a document that lets you clarify what the partner with fewer assets or a lower earning potential is entitled to—especially if the lower-earning partner is taking on caretaking responsibilities or running the household while the higher-earning partner pursues a career.

Ideally, your prenup should feel like a win-win for both parties. If it doesn’t, that might be an indicator that you need to have some potentially difficult conversations with your future spouse or that you might need to reconsider the partnership altogether.

This isn’t to suggest that you shouldn’t keep separate bank accounts during your marriage. Couples who keep separate accounts, or who follow the popular system of managing separate and joint accounts, are able to maintain some spending freedom without having to consult their partner (or ask permission) on personal, day-to-day purchases. Separate bank accounts also protect individuals in the case of domestic violence; a partner with their own money can more easily remove themselves from the situation.

However, you can’t use separate bank accounts as a low-cost way of avoiding a prenup. Take the time and pay the money to consult a lawyer and create an equitable prenuptial agreement (yes, even in the middle of an already busy and expensive wedding planning season). Make sure to ask about financial situations that might come up in the future, such as inheritances, as well as how you and your partner can handle pre-existing financial concerns such as student debt.

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Twitter advocate. Food practitioner. Bacon fanatic. Music specialist. Spent 2001-2006 working with hugs in Gainesville, FL. Managed a small team supervising the production of cabbage in Prescott, AZ. Spent 2002-2009 writing about walnuts in Phoenix, AZ. Spent two years developing strategies for tattoos in Bethesda, MD. In 2009 I was writing about soap scum in Cuba. Enthusiastic about promoting foreign currency in Prescott, AZ.

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