The Generous Prenup with Laurie Israel
My guest on today’s episode is Laurie Israel. Laurie Israel is the author of The Generous Prenup. She is an attorney, consultant, and mediator, concentrating her practice on both prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. Many of my clients have had questions about how to handle finances when remarrying on partnering again after divorce, so I was excited to bring her on the podcast to talk about prenups and how they could be useful.
And for those just considering a divorce, she explained how marital mediation or arbitration may be more effective than divorce court.
Our conversation revealed that what is commonly assumed about prenups and what is talked about in the media and celebrity divorces isn’t the truth at all.
Laurie pulled back the curtain on prenups and laws around money, contribution and shared her views about generosity and its role in relationships. Enjoy the episode!
“What else is marriage, but being considerate to each other?...that's the key to it, really caring about another person.”
“A lot of people are encouraged by the media, and what they’re reading to make money more important, and protecting your money more important than your marriage…that's the problem.”
“There's a lot of pushback on my views by younger people like millennials, and they say…why shouldn't we have a plan for our marriage? You know, why should we take the risk? But the problem is that these people have not experienced what a long term marriage is. And they also don't understand what the laws about marriage and divorce and estates are.”
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Featured on the Show: Laurie Israel
Laurie Israel is an attorney, consultant, and mediator, concentrating her practice on both prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. She works as a consultant and mediator nationwide. She previously practiced for 35 years in the areas of tax law, divorce, collaborative law, estate planning, probate of estates and trust administration, as well as mediation and, in Massachusetts, providing counsel for couples entering into prenuptial agreements. Laurie is one of the initial practitioners and developers of the field of marital mediation, the practice of using mediation to help couples solve marital problems and improve their marriages. Laurie is a former board member of the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation and the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council. Her writings include articles on divorce, mediation, marital mediation, and prenuptial agreements.
Laurie Israel in The Cut (New York Magazine) Why You (Probably) Shouldn’t Get a Prenup (Correction: On the podcast, Sade misnamed the publication as the New York Times instead of the New York Magazine)