Special Guest, Divorce Attorney Aaron Thomas!

<p><strong>What You'll Hear In This Episode:</strong></p><p>- About Aaron’s areas of expertise, including divorce, custody, child support, and pre- and postnuptial agreements</p><p>- The importance of setting clear financial terms during engagement reduces marital issues</p><p>- Fairer prenups lead to happier marriages</p><p>- Discussing what couples want to achieve with the agreement instead of using the term "prenup"</p><p>- Addressing the negative connotations and stereotypes associated with prenuptial agreements</p><p>- Meeting legal requirements such as signing the prenup at least a week ahead and having an opportunity to meet with an attorney</p><p>- Using prenuptial agreements to achieve transparency in relationships</p><p>-- Negative consequences of financial surprises during a relationship, such as hidden debt</p><p>- Regular meetings to discuss finances, similar to shareholders' meetings</p><p>- Communal assets and their potential complications in divorce, such as owning a house or making mortgage payments before marriage</p><p>- The potential loss of pre-marital assets in divorce settlements</p><p>- The benefits of having joint and separate accounts or an allowance system</p><p>- The tendency for people to be more comfortable being physically naked than financially open</p><p>- Lack of transparency in finances negatively affecting other areas of a relationship</p><p>- Being open about finances showing vulnerability and strengthening the overall relationship</p><p>- Not all family law attorneys are knowledgeable about prenuptial or postnuptial agreements</p><p>- The trade-offs involved in prenuptial agreements and the importance of making an intentional choice</p><p> </p><p><strong>Key quotes:</strong></p><p>"My wife and I have regular checkpoints, whether it's annually or quarterly or even monthly, for us to sit down and talk about the finances." — Aaron Thomas</p><p>"A couple can be married for 10, 15, 20 years, and then a divorce happens and all of a sudden the wife is like, ‘What do you mean he want