A pre-nup is not a bad idea. My example is that when I got my ex wife here from Kenya the government said we had to have only one bank account. Once she got here we each had a bank account and set up ideas of which one of us would pay what. I think both of us liked this idea but the average rednecks that I know had a fit. All the money has to be in one account they said. Most just gave their checks to the wife in exchange for a carton of cigs or some beer. How ignorant! I still have 3 bank accounts and I get by daily by cleverly moving money from one account to the other similar to the 3 shells with the pea under them. Being married does not mean that your other half has control of your personal money.