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▲ dlisboa 2 hours ago

Brazilian law is far superior to US laws on this matter.

You only get to choose either:

* Partial Community of Property - the default: applies only to property acquired after the marriage; in case of divorce only that property is split 50/50

* Universal Community of Property - applies to all property before and after the marriage; in case of divorce all property is split 50/50

* Separation of Property - no property is shared at all; in case of divorce nothing at all is split. If you want buy and share property you have to do it explicitly. This is also mandatory in cases where one of the spouses is 70+ years old

Divorce is much less litigious here. It's basically impossible to lose all of your assets. It works the same for men or women.

There are some of the same issues in custody law as in North America but from what I read it still seems way better than in the US.

▲icantevenhold an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Having these options is common in other countries too afaict (with some minor differences)

I would be really surprised if the US didnt have these options too…

▲watwut a few seconds ago | parent | next [-]

Of course. After divorce, men do better financially. Women are happier. Men dont loose everything in divorce.

▲dlisboa 43 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

It's more that these are the only options. No other laws govern marriages. I'm sure other countries have sensible ones too. In the US they have all matter of legal dispute because it's too wide open.

▲za3faran an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

In Islam, we have it much simpler. There's a dowry paid to the woman that becomes her property. Other than that, each person leaves with their own assets they came in with. If, during marriage, they acquired assets they decided to split half way (or any other percentage), that split holds post divorce.

▲Fidelix an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Absolute nonsense.

Just living together, informally, is already enough for the woman to take half your assets as it's already considered `Partial Community of Property`.

I can't think of anything where Brazil is generally superior to the US in terms of law.