I think once pre-marital assets are comingled (i.e. buying a house with spouse) they are considered marital assets. The only way to achieve what you described would be having the potential dil/sil sign a pre-nup. |
Unless you bought a house outright, it would be difficult to gift a large sum of money with the requisite that it go for a down payment on a house. Parents of an intended bride or groom to spelling out these stipulations in a pre-nup would be beyond weird. They would have to convince their adult child to sign it as well as the intended spouse since it's an agreement between individuals. It would not obligate the other family to do anything monetarily in any way either. I think OP's friend would have been better off in feudal times, trading a fat goat and a sack of barley. |
You can't protect it from the gift tax. |
Dumb answer |
Is an inheritance a different type of legal tender? Nonsense. Why would it be different? |
I agree. Nor my parents. But neither of our parents offered us money anyway. |
+1 |
Yes. It's a premarital asset. He wouldn't be entitled to money that I brought into the relationship and did not commingle. It's not an inheritance, but an irrevocable trust. In short- yes- inheritance is very different legally. |
It's still incoming money I share. It's still green and we share. |
I also shared my inheritance. After 34 years of marriage, I'm pretty sure this is the real deal. We also share a child who will eventually get the money anyway. And we don't really need the money. So that's how we roll. |
I agree. If I wasn't confident in my marriage maybe it would be different. |
My trust is very large. I have a ton of confidence in my marriage of 12 years and three kids. I don't believe he would ever leave- BUT if, say, he cheated you think he gets 1/2 of the money I have in a trust?
Nope. It's not about having a good marriage or not- it's common sense. |
It's not incoming if you possessed it before marriage. |
I received my inheritance after we married. Sorry, if I wasn't clear. |
I get that but you do have to admit that you don't fully trust him. Otherwise, you wouldn't say that. I totally understand, you want insurance. |