LOCATION: VEGAS
We’ve been married for just 4-5 months and he just bought a new house. We have been having difficult days and he is bringing up now that he wants me to sign a letter where i agree in case of divorce not getting anything from the two houses he owns.
I dont know how to feel about it or what to do.
I moved to his country i have no job yet, i have nothing. I sacrificed everything and he bringing this now its so weird. I dont have money to pay a lawyer to see that document.
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Don’t sign anything related to your rights in a divorce without having a lawyer of your own look at it. If your husband is serious about this, then you need a lawyer anyways – not because he wants you to sign something, but because this may well be the first stages of your actual divorce.
If he’s serious about having you sign things related to divorce, ask him for the money to pay for a lawyer. If he won’t, then your best option is not to sign these documents. If he has concerns about his rights with respect to those properties in the event of a divorce, that’s a problem he’ll have to solve on his own.
Don’t sign anything you (a) don’t understand, (b) don’t agree with, or (c) don’t want to sign.
This is basically a post nuptial attempt. It probably isn’t enforceable BUT signing a document on the assumption that it won’t be enforced is a problem. Marriage counseling if you want to stay married and a divorce attorney consult regardless of desires are critical. An attorney consult means knowing what you’re accepting and doesn’t force your hand.
Don’t sign anything, it sounds like he’s trying to file and not lose everything
I’m not a lawyer but I’d listen to both these folks don’t sign anything without counsel.
Sign nothing. Depending on where you are, he bought the house while married. So it’s now marital property. The house he had before… Maybe not. But this is huge red flags. Someone doesn’t casually bring up divorce unless they think it might be a possibility. You moving to his country makes me worry it’s a move to keep you from being able to leave him. Nothing without a lawyer. He wants you to sign then he gives YOU the money to hire the lawyer YOU pick out. Don’t trust someone he picks out to be thinking of your well-being.
Don’t sign.
Don’t sign it. You need to ask him what’s the upside for you if you sign and there is a divorce. There are free legal aid clinics – call your state board to find one.
You may not be able to afford a lawyer now but you can’t afford not to have one look at any document you sign.
Any asset purchased during the marriage is a marital asset. Do not sign anything waiving your rights.