Prenup Benefits Protect Your Assets in Second Marriage

Added: 2026-06-01

[00:00:00]To go back to you what your question is, like, who does this really benefit? So, first, if this isn't your first marriage, if this is, let's say, a second or third marriage, if you have children from a previous relationship who you need to ensure that you're you're thinking about them and trying to plan for their financial futures, you want a pre-nup because what a pre-nup does, it at least under Connecticut law, when you're married to someone and there's about to be a divorce, everything the two of you own, whether it was acquired before your marriage or acquired during the marriage, that's part of the marital estate. A Connecticut judge has the authority to divide anything you own. But, with a pre-nup, what you're doing is you can set aside property that is going to be the is going to be your separate property, [music] meaning a judge cannot divide that as part of a divorce.