A prenup was once simply a way for a couple to protect individual assets if their marriage went south - but the legal agreements are increasingly being adapted to correct what’s often a financial imbalance in the instance that one party is a stay-at-home parent.
Women - and yes, it’s women 80 percent of the time - who leave the workforce to raise their children can lose as much as $295,000 in salary and retirement savings, according to the research group Urban Institute. This risks a precarious financial situation in the event of a divorce.
