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Getting hitched? Protect yourself with a prenup

Life Kit

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Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Education, Business

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Prenups aren't just for the rich and famous. Family law attorney Theresa Viera explains how to talk about it with your partner and decide whether it's right for you. This episode originally published August 31, 2023.

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0:00.0

On the TED Radio Hour, MIT psychologist Sherry Turkle,

0:04.0

her latest research into the intimate relationships

0:07.3

people are having with chatbots.

0:09.9

Technologies that say, I care about you, I love you, I'm here for you, take care of me.

0:17.0

The pros and cons of artificial intimacy that's on the Ted Radio Hour from NPR.

0:26.0

You're listening to Life Kit from NPR.

0:32.0

Hey everybody, it's Mary L.

0:34.0

When you get married, there's so many details to figure out.

0:38.0

Everything about the wedding.

0:39.0

Also, is anybody changing their last name?

0:41.0

Are you moving in together for the first time or moving into a house?

0:46.0

In the new house, will you display that horrible talking animatronic fish or creepy porcelain

0:51.9

doll that your fiance inexplicably loves.

0:55.0

Amidst these very important decisions, Theresa Vieira would like you to spare a moment to think about a pre-nup.

1:02.0

And it's always fascinating to me because people take this really big step forward,

1:08.0

and hopefully it's in the name of love and considering each other's needs,

1:12.0

but it also has legal implications.

1:14.6

Theresa is an attorney at Modern Legal, a family law firm based in North Carolina.

1:19.7

A pre-nup or a prenuptial agreement, premarital agreement agreement is a legal contract between soon-to-be spouses that lays

1:26.4

out how they'll deal with money during a marriage and if it happens after a divorce.

1:31.5

And these are not just for the rich and famous. Your pre-nep can address

1:34.6

whether you'll have a joint bank account or have separate ones, whether you'll pay off your

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