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to be a completely incompetent parent with little chance of change in the future. Only then should full custody be granted to one of the parents, regardless of gender. Giving birth doesn't make one a good parent. If women generally work and have other relationships after a divorce or breakup, they would benefit from more involvement with the father. It would also be harder for a woman to pack up and leave without the husband's approval. His concern is for his children. Men who desire the maintenance of a relationship with their children are unfairly labeled as chauvinists when they aspire to be fathers. Their interest is not in controlling the lives of their ex-wives.

For these reasons, a prenuptial agreement can protect the rights of men and children in divorce. A woman can be guaranteed protection of her own income and property if she is the higher earner and/or the provisioner of income for her own property. It also protects her property rights and inheritance. Provisions can be made for alimony and child support. In some situations, both parties contribute to property maintenance and co-own a property. Clauses regarding the division of this property can be added later on with the approval of each side's lawyers and standards can be clarified by the courts.

A prenuptial agreement can protect someone from an arbitrary divorce that was undesirable by stating what rights he or she has. It also helps to develop a sense of trust and can weed out unsuitable spouses. People who protest fair prenuptial agreements may not be worth marrying. Their motivations may be questionable. If they come around and negotiate, that suggests fairness and flexibility on their parts.

The legal system should step in and set basic guidelines for division of mutual assets and alimony along with child support. These guidelines should be used to work out prenuptial agreements. They should not be based on communal property and absolute equality in division of assets and property in divorce but a sense of fairness. If a prenuptial agreement is extremely unfair and biased, a person should have a limited right to contest it during a divorce proceeding but this right should be restricted and regulated by the court system.

Prenuptial agreements are a shield against financial exploitation, unnecessary divorce, opportunists and self-centered narcissists with a sense of entitlement. If I had money and was thinking of marriage, I would want one for myself and my spouse.

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