Below are a few premarital counseling questions couples should talk about regarding: Property / Land / Estate Rights
What happens when I put my new spouse’s name on my real property? What happens when I don’t?
Who’s home will you or your new spouse live in?
How will this be handled if you are the first to die and it is legally your house?
How will it be handled if you are the second to die and it is not legally your house?
Do you really want to trust adult step-children to protect your right to live somewhere?
How can the right to live somewhere that is not your property be secured and protected?
Is your pre-marital retirement account 100% yours if you get married?
How do you protect your retirement accounts for your named beneficiaries or children?
Is it possible to split beneficiary designations on retirement accounts? How?
Can you give your new spouse the income from your retirement account but keep the principal for your children?
How can you benefit your new spouse with your retirement accounts without risking your new spouse changing the beneficiary designations?
What happens to the furniture in your house that belonged to your deceased spouse?
Are you really going to depend on verbal agreements with a deceased person to protect you in all these matters?
Who will hold your property Power of Attorney, the new spouse or an adult child?
There’s a myriad of things to go over before getting married and a great place to work out these issues is in premarital counseling.
Get clarity around your expectations / thoughts surrounding things like:
- Children
- Home type and location
- Career paths
- Financial Goals
- Leisure life
- Religion
- Boundaries with family
Contact Chana Pfeifer – she is currently seeing clients through telehealth virtual platforms and in-person (socially-distanced).