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Originally Posted by prarieboy
It was my understanding that money earned before the marriage was not subject to being divided if the marriage ends. Only the growth of that money. Is that correct?
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In Alberta, this is true. But if I have $10 million, and my spouse has $10 thousand... who's assets are more likely to increase significantly? If I have a paltry 10% return over a 5 year marriage, that's still $1 million, and half of that could be gone.
Or say I own a $450,000 house, and it doubles in value due to a real estate boom, without a prenup, I could have to pay out up to 50% of the increase.