OK. You can look at idea as very cold and unromantic. You can look at idea as a considerate and practical way to decide before marriage certain issues having to do with your money.

It is interesting to note that custom of creating prenuptial agreements is not modern invention that it seems to be. During 19th century, before Married Women's Property Act of 1848, prenuptial agreements were necessary for women in United States. Until act became law, everything a woman owned or inherited was transferred to her husband. If he died or divorced her, she was just out of luck.

Nowadays it is not so uncommon to execute prenuptial agreements. And these are not just for famous super-rich couples we read about, where one spouse is much richer than other. These are couples who want to be upfront about financial issues and get that out of way before wedding.

A Prenuptial Agreement is a signed and notarized contract that describes how a couple will handle financial aspects of their marriage. The prenuptial agreement has many positive benefits that are not related to divorce, and although it is not very romantic, it has many positive elements.

Since you could later be engaged in a nasty, costly, and emotionally draining divorce some day, you should consider a prenuptial agreement as a precaution. Below we have given you some information on what is in a prenuptial agreement and whether it could be useful for you.

A prenuptial or ante nuptial agreement is a document signed by two people who intend to be married. It describes their rights and obligations should they get divorced. A prenuptial agreement informs court how they want their assets and property divided up.

Divorces become messy when parties cannot agree on distribution of property, such things as house, house, stocks, and bonds and whether one party should pay other alimony, now known as "maintenance" in most states. Assume that husband has $1,000,000 in his own name prior to marriage. A properly drafted prenuptial agreement can award that same $1,000,000 to him after a divorce, notwithstanding what he does with money, such as purchasing a home in joint tenancy or shifting money into other accounts. Without a prenuptial agreement, wife might be entitled to one-half of $1,000,000 or more, depending on financial circumstances of parties at time of divorce. The prenuptial agreement is a powerful and valuable tool that can favor husband, protect wife, or serve both of them fairly. It is a question of circumstances and intentions.

Candidates for prenuptial agreements used to be just older individuals with huge estates that they wanted to protect from gold diggers for their children from previous marriages. Since more millionaires are born every day, candidate pool is growing by leaps and bounds. Now everybody has something to protect: an unpublished author, budding inventor, anybody with a lucrative profession or a good idea. So, before you dismiss idea of a prenuptial agreement, assess your situation in life and your long-term future in deciding whether a prenuptial agreement is right for you.