Pilz also advises women to keep their assets in their own name rather than putting their husband’s name on them at the time of marriage. That way, the assets are theirs if there is a divorce.
“Even in community property states, the woman can keep assets she brought to the marriage if she keeps them in her name,” Pilz says.
“Women need to be realistic about what they have. They can’t remain in the dark and assume the comfortable life they had in marriage is going to continue,” she adds.