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The best way is to sign pre-nup. always a fun topic to bring up with your partner. There is no better way to express "I love you" by saying "I don't trust you".
You just need to frame it the right way. Something like:
You> you love me for me, and not for my money.
Her> of course.
You> so you wont mind signing something that says that.
Hi Purple Property, I strongly recommend you go and have a consultation with a relationship property lawyer. This is probably more affordable than you think, particularly if you find one that will give you a fixed price. If you own a property in a company or trust before you enter into a relationship, the 50:50 rule can still come into play if you and your partner both live in the property together as the family home so you'd need a relationship property agreement (contracting out agreement) to specify the property is your separate property. If you don't live in the houses you own, then you might be OK with just the trust or company ownership structure but your best bet is to talk to a relationship property lawyer.
If you own a property in a company or trust before you enter into a relationship, the 50:50 rule can still come into play if you and your partner both live in the property together as the family home so you'd need a relationship property agreement (contracting out agreement) to specify the property is your separate property. If you don't live in the houses you own, then you might be OK with just the trust or company ownership structure but your best bet is to talk to a relationship property lawyer.
It's more complicated than that: you don't have to live in it before it can be contaminated and therefore become relationship property. Any pre-existing property must be kept completely separate from the relationship property. Things that could contaminate it include: using your salary to prop up mortgage payments; using rental income for family purposes; having your partner do some painting/gardening of the rental.
It almost seems to me that anything that you keep so separate that the income from it can't play any role in your family life kinda defeats the purpose of having it in the first place. It sounds like the only way to keep it safe is to keep it locked up, accruing in the Trust indefinitely. Difficult times.
I completely understand where you're coming from, though, because I put mine in a Trust for precisely that reason. The RPA is mega-scary stuff.
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