My partner and I (late 30's and early 40's) have been talking about getting married and having children. It is quite a new relationship but aware of our ages in terms of conceiving.
He is divorced with two children that live with their mum and I have two teenagers, 1 at university and one at home. I have never been married.
We both own our own houses with mortgages and we are talking about living in my house when we start to live together as I am in London (where I'd prefer to stay) and his house is in Bucks.
I would like us to have a pre nup prior to us getting married as if the marriage does not work out (I truly hope and believe it will), I want us to be able to leave the marriage with the assets that we both came in with and anything we amass together can be split fairly. My worry is that if we live in my house it will be default become the marital home and be taken into account to be split 50/50 in any divorce.
My partner who is naturally more positive than me says that a) we don't need any agreement as we are not going to split and if we did he wouldn't pursue my house and b) Pre nuptial agreements are not worth the paper that they are written on in this country.
I will seek legal advice but wondered if anyone had any advice to start me on the right direction.
Thanks very much
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blueteatowel · 05/10/2015 12:28
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