It’s a shame how hard people in this country work on their divorces – it’s now to the point where you’re working on you’re “maybe someday, could get divorced..”. If you put half that effort into your marriage, you wouldn’t have to ask this question.

Don’t get a lawyer. Get a marriage counselor. It will cost less dollars. It will produce less stress. It will end up giving you more joy.

Homeowners generally end up wealthier than renters.

Married men generally live longer than divorced men.

The truth is this – The grass is not greener on the other side of the fence. It’s greener where you water it.

“Financially, you are in a good position to buy….”……sorry, but a more accurate statement would be…..”WE are in a good position to buy…..” she’s entitled to 1/2 the money you use to buy a house……you’d just end up owing her that money in addition to half the value of the house…..DO NOT ADD TO YOUR ASSETS at this time…..

It’s too late for a prenup. You do that before you are married, that’s why it’s called a “pre nup”.

I would try to find a place to live that we let you go month to month.

There is no way at this time, since you are married and proably share money in some way to buy a house prior to getting a divorce and not have her possiably get some of it.

Also any money you have (like for the house you want to buy) is fair game when it comes to the divorce unless you have something like a “pre nup”) in writting.

I would go to a lawyer now. Get any money you have out of any bank etc and put it in a matress.

Generally the only thing she cannot touch in a divorce is 401k and similar retirement savings.

best bet as stated above is to talk to a lawyer, many factors will determine what recourse you have. like how long have you been married, where are the funds coming from to buy the house? did you bring separate funds before marriage and kept them separate during marriage etc,

With your situation, your kind of inevitably expecting a divorce it seems, why string your spouse along?

Do you have a close family member who can buy the house in their name, and then change the title after the divorce. It has to be somebody you can really really trust though.