Should I get a pre-nup?

As with any legal agreement, both parties should enter into it with full agreement on all aspects… including what were to happen if the contract is breached or ended. That being said, in most states, once legally bound to one another, all property including pets, your baseball card collection, your collectible Barbie dolls and the furniture can become community property. Only a prenuptial agreement will let you 100% keep what you brought into the marriage/contract.

Though marriage for many is a commitment to one another in the eyes of God or other religion or faith-based definition, it is technically a legal and binding contract between two people. We don’t want to take the love out of marriage, but if the two parties involved can approach the signing of this contract as both a legal agreement AND a commit that is faith-based, you will see that getting a prenup shouldn’t be an indicator that you think it won’t work out. As with any legal agreement, both parties should enter into it with full agreement on all aspects… including what were to happen if the contract is breached or ended. That being said, in the state of California, once legally bound to one another, all property including pets, your baseball card collection, your collectible Barbie dolls and the furniture can become community property. Only a prenuptial agreement will let you 100% keep what you brought into the marriage/contract. For more questions please give us or another family law attorney Stockton a call.