r/Burlingame • u/PrapteePrudom20 • 1d ago
Thinking about a prenup in San Mateo county, anyone done this?
Getting married next year and trying to approach a prenup without making it feel like we're planning our divorce. I started a small company before meeting my fiancée. It's doing well now but isn't some huge corporation. She has substantially more retirement savings than I do and expects to inherit property eventually.
We both have student debt. We're comfortable keeping what we brought into the marriage separate. The questions start around what happens to growth in my business, a future house we buy together, contributions one person makes if the other steps away from work for kids, and debts taken on during the marriage.
For San Mateo couples who've done this, what issues did your attorney bring up that you hadn't considered yourselves? Also, did you each hire separate attorneys? I have been exploring marble law and a few others. I'm more interested in making expectations clear now than trying to protect myself from my future wife.