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I inherited $1.4 million from my father. Am I wrong to ask my husband of 25 years for a postnuptial agreement?
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The Moneyist I inherited $1.4 million from my father. Am I wrong to ask my husband of 25 years for a postnuptial agreement? ‘He has always said he wants his daughter to inherit a chunk of his estate, and I’ve never objected to that’
The Moneyist
I inherited $1.4 million from my father. Am I wrong to ask my husband of 25 years for a postnuptial agreement?
‘He has always said he wants his daughter to inherit a chunk of his estate, and I’ve never objected to that’
Dear Quentin,
I’m 58; my husband is 61. We’ve been married 25 years, and, until a few months ago I’d have told you it was a good marriage, maybe even a lucky one. We don’t have kids. He has a 34-year-old daughter who lives about 40 minutes from us. We own our house outright, worth around $1.2 million, and between us we have roughly $1.8 million in retirement accounts.
He has always made more than I have. He’s a consultant and has done very well. I was in marketing, and I cut back to three days a week when my dad got sick, which turned into almost four years of driving to his place every Tuesday and Thursday and most weekends. I went back to full-time after that, but I’d fallen behind and never caught up. I don’t say that with bitterness.