Not being a reader of People magazine, I missed the news of the Brad
Pitt- Angelina Jolie August wedding. I had assumed they were married
years ago. Apparently they executed a fairly public pre-nuptial agreement prior
to their wedding. The agreement provides that in the event they
divorce they will each keep their respective assets but any marital
assets will mostly benefit their children and various global
orphanages. The odd provision is that in the event Mr. Pitt is
unfaithful due to Ms. Jolie's children penchant for adopting children as
if they were Tamagotchi, she will receive most of the custody rights
for the children.
Several points:
1. Pre-nuptial agreements
are advisable in the event of second marriages or where there is
disparate wealth between the parties. When both parties are Hollywood A
Listers with similar net worths, they are more for show than practical
effect.
2. The behavior clause about infidelity of Mr. Pitt is unlikely to be enforced by a court.
3.
Am I the only one who appreciates the coincidence that Mr. Pitt finally
tied the knot with
Ms. Jolie only a month before his bromance buddy,
George Clooney, married?
4. Presumably Angelina will keep the vial of Billy Bob Thornton's blood in the event of a divorce.
