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Re:Too many men suffering in silence, national health report... by neya on Monday November 09, 2026 @04:48PM (#50432731)
> Universal Community of Property - applies to all property before and after the marriage; in case of divorce all property is split 50/50

This should not even be an option. If you worked your ass off to acquire wealth before marriage, someone new into your life should not be entitled to that.

You can definitely make a fair argument for wealth built together as partners. That is really fair. They can even have 100% of that. But wealth accumulated before that should not even be up for discussion as there was 0 contribution from the other partner.

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Re:Too many men suffering in silence, national health report... by dlisboa on Monday November 09, 2026 @05:12PM (#50433005)
This is inseparable from inheritance law. If that wasn't an option all of that wealth would go to other family members. Some people (or a lot of them) trust their spouses more than extended family and would not care to leave wealth to people other than their own family.
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Re:Too many men suffering in silence, national health report... by dlisboa on Monday November 09, 2026 @05:18PM (#50433070)
Some people want that. It also has religious implications, some people believe the Bible says that's how marriage should be.

But you have to go out of your way to choose it.

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