Catholic Pre-Nuptial Agreements Between One Rich Spouse?

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Aside from Civil, State, Provincial and Federal Laws that protect individual spouses who are very rich before the Sacrament of Matrimony. How does the Catholic Church view Pre-Nuptial or Matrimonial agreement preliminaries from a moral stand?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prenuptial_agreement
Historically, judges in the United States accepted the view that prenuptial agreements were corrupting what marriage was supposed to stand for
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The view above today of course holds no validity in many countries.

This has me asking about the sincerity and moral intent of the rich Catholic spouse entering into sacramental marriage if money (riches) is before the marriage first?

Or does the rich spouse fore-go the possessiveness of his or her riches by putting their devotion to the sanctity and love of their spouse before their riches?

One cannot serve two masters.

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Hlafdige said:
The existence of a prenuptial agreement would render the marriage invalid.
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=203402&highlight=prenuptial
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If the prenuptial agreement is for the purpose of division of assets in the event of divorce, this is very true it can create an impediment to valid marriage.

Prenuptial agreements **can **be valid when they involve only direction on the distribution of assets upon the *death *of one spouse. In cases where there are prior marriages and children from these marriages, a Catholic can validly craft a premarital agreement for the purpose of directing assets to those children after death.
 
1ke said:
If the prenuptial agreement is for the purpose of division of assets in the event of divorce, this is very true it can create an impediment to valid marriage.

Prenuptial agreements **can **be valid when they involve only direction on the distribution of assets upon the *death *of one spouse. In cases where there are prior marriages and children from these marriages, a Catholic can validly craft a premarital agreement for the purpose of directing assets to those children after death.
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Thank You for the thread link.

If the Pre-Nup is selfless in the case of supporting children in the event of spousal death sounds OK.
 
why would anyone want to marry someone who doesn’t fully trust them?
 
I’m not sure about the official stance on this subject, but it seems to me that the prenup is basically saying that at least one partner is suspect that the marriage won’t work out. It’s almost like planning for a future divorce. Personally, I wouldn’t enter into a marriage if I didn’t trust my partner completely. I’m not trusting him if I draft the prenup to protect my assets. He doesn’t trust me if he’s protecting his assets.

Just my two cents.
 
1ke said:
If the prenuptial agreement is for the purpose of division of assets in the event of divorce, this is very true it can create an impediment to valid marriage.

Prenuptial agreements **can **be valid when they involve only direction on the distribution of assets upon the *death *of one spouse. In cases where there are prior marriages and children from these marriages, a Catholic can validly craft a premarital agreement for the purpose of directing assets to those children after death.
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But isn’t that the purpose of having a will? Wouldn’t having a prenup and a will somehow void one or the other?
 
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