It's been a while. I have a question, unfortunately it isn't of pleasant nature. I was curious of how bad I could get raked over the coals if I decided to get a divorce. Part of the K 1 visa ordeal is the financial responcibility form, I'm curious to hear what that would entitle my wife too. We have been married for 3 1/2 years, so permanent residency has been established. I am not 100% on my decision at this point, but I can't say that I'm happily married either.
I had my ex sign a pre-nup before we got married,,, and if I hadn’t, I could have been in the same position as you.
My ex was out of the country when we decided to get divorced, plus her re-entry pass was running out and she missed an appointment to be finger printed.
It was a default divorce with a pre-nup,,,,, can’t get any easier!
Unfortunately,,, I don’t have the answers you need,,, except for you to not let her health insurance run out. She could try to run up bills on you, just to be spiteful.
Dude my fiancée I'd coming next week. I told her all about the prenup. If she leaves she gets 50% of out checking account and to be nice i added 40% of my pay check 6 months. I've also included that if she tries to get any more thru other routes, she owes the money it costs me late when she has the money . Divorce sucks. You will her fucked. Treat her nicely and accept your lot in life.
What you have before your marriage is yours. All of your inheritance is yours. (If this was not true, we will have a lot of poor Kennedy's). What you accumulated in your marriage is community property.
As long as the your assets are not "commingled" with community property or can easily be unraveled, everything is community property.
I think most states are community property states and the above is true. What the difference will be I don't know. This is what I remember from my Business Law class in college.
One way of separating your accounts from separate or community property are living trusts. They are just forms in a binder. Since they are information about you, you should know more than the lawyer about filling it out. You can do it yourself. PM me for a link to get the form.
The trust becomes a legal entity. You can take it to your bank or county recorder office. Tell them you no longer want to own the bank account or real estate. The trust will own it. It will be like a will since it will contain your beneficiaries. You will still have complete control of the trust, but you will not own it. Your wife or wife to be cannot touch it because it is under your name. Again, do not commingle.
I am a lawyer in California, which is a community property state. However, most states are not community property states. Any guy who is going to marry someone from the FSU needs to check the laws of his state. And a pre-nup is an excellent idea.