Recommendations on an attorney to talk to about marriage / prenups / division of assets?

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I’m getting married in Taiwan this fall. I’m a US citizen; she’s Taiwanese. We’re both bringing certain assets (investments of various flavors, etc.) to the marriage, and we’ve agreed we want to find out exactly how all this will work if, years down the line, we get divorced, which obviously isn’t something either of us expects to happen, but they all say that.

We’ve looked up and understand the basics, but have some questions about the nitty gritty details (which are specific to our financial/investment situation and kind of hard to research).

Have any of you dealt with this / can anyone recommend a family attorney who’d be qualified to talk about how all of this works, ideally in both the US and Taiwan?

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Here you go! This is my law office and they speak English fluently.

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Go to a district court and apply for the separate wealth regimen system.

Done that, not difficult at all. They will provide all the information there.

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I’m interested in this topic too

I’m looking to have a prenup that says something like:

  • Prenup in effect for 10 years or when a kid is born, whichever comes earlier
  • Assets become shared afterwards unless if other party commits some act of moral ineptitude that causes divorce, such as infidelity
  • If I pass away for whatever reason while prenup is in effect, then donate all my assets to a charity of my choice
  • Appoint a trusted third party law firm as executor of estate to look at facts

So not just a standard separation of wealth. I think it’s not fair to pass away at 70 and leave nothing to the other party. Or maybe the wealth separation thing can be cancelled later? Might be best to write it all down on paper ahead of time in case the other party feels you lied to them later in the marriage.

I don’t know how typical Taiwanese girls handle this though. My local Taiwanese friend broke off his engagement because she wanted him to gift her a house under her name before marriage, so I don’t know how much you can reason in those situations. Forget prenup, she’s asking for a donation of your assets before marriage :joy:

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Séparation of wealth mostly works only for divorce, in the case of death of the spouse, even with separation of wealth, unless put into writing in a notarised and registered will, the possessions of the deceased are distributed according to law, with the surviving spouse getting the same share as the first tier, i.e. lineal descendants by blood (civil code art. 1138 and 1144).

Edit, if the deceased is a foreigner, need to consider also inheritance laws of the country of citizenship, not just of Taiwan, in particular for any possession of the deceased in the country of citizenship