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CMV: Prenups should be mandatory.

While obviously *almost* no one ever get married planning to be divorced, its a fact of life that almost 50% of people in the United States will end up getting a divorce. So I think it would make sense to require all couples to sign a prenup.

Here are reasons it would be good.

1. It takes away any chance that either party is only in the relationship to gain money or property. This means that you know both are actually in love and they proved it by signing a document stating money is not a priority. 

2. It would end ridiculous custody battles. If neither parent is abusive, both parents get 50/50 custody unless one parent abdicates or they come up with a different arrangement.

3. No more awful court battles over money/property- If people can just divorce without needing to go through a court battle there would be less bitter ex's which is a good thing when kids are involved, and just better for peoples health.

Over all I don't see a downside to making people set their terms before they get married. After all insurance is a thing which is all about planning incase of unfortunate events.

Edit- I'm arguing for a universal basic standard of 50% shared assests, and 50% custody unless there is abuse or abdication. No more bullshit court cases.
gpt
Everyone has a prenup - state law.  You should only bother to create a _different one_ if you want something different than state law.

A prenup does nothing to prevent any of the things you put forward.  In fact, you can create a prenup specifically to gain money or property, you often bring prenups into court and have battles and so on.  Only when there is a reason to believe state law doesn't apply do you go to court, just like only when you believe the prenup doesn't apply do you go to court.