Why do people get married after having children?

However,
".........According to British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey, 53% of people now think a wedding is more about a celebration than a life-long commitment...."

Find a bird, have a kid, settle down, discover there's still more to life and proceed to shag bitches.

I know I'm not the only one.

Is that before or after you bin the bird off?

Why do people get married?

Because they don't understand the financial consequences of divorce.

...think it was you who said you were a solicitor in your intro?

If so, what's the score with prenups? Are they legally binding in the UK? I did a thread asking this a while back...

PS

They are getting more solid but will probably only stick hard when there is a fair bit of cash about. Supreme Court has only just been there so it will be couple of years before the full impact works it way through the system. Most readable summary I've seen is:

Family Law Week: Radmacher (formerly Granatino) v Granatino [2010] UKSC 42

If children come along you are likely to be pretty screwed whatever.

Can't you create your own unique legally binding contract and sign it with solicitors etc?

Short answer - no. The arrangements between a divorced couple derive their authority from the court and not from the agreement between them.

Longer answer - no. But the fact of the agreement between them would be a relevant consideration for any court in deciding what a fair outcome might be.

In practice: Were a couple to enter into a wholly unfair deal between themselves without having received legal advice and without any disclosure having taken place the court would toss it out and impose whatever it felt fair (usually, in layman's terms, the bird helping herself to anything and everything). Were a couple of professional people to engage in full and frank disclosure of their assets and means and, each having taken legal advice, enter into a fair and reasonable agreement they may well be held to it.

BUT - parliament can change all that anytime it wants with retrospective effect as could the Supreme Court (although having just made the above the decision they are unlikely to do so in the near future).

DISCLAIMER the above is the hopefully mildly diverting ranting of a drunk AFC/Newbie who happens to be legally qualified and not intended to be relied upon by anyone for any purposes whatsoever.

28% of people are fucking idiots.