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Article: The gold diggers must be stopped; Law chief calls for legally binding pre-nups.(News)
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- October 14, 2009
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Byline: Steve Doughty Social Affairs Correspondent
WOMEN should not be able to marry men for their money as an alternative to a career, a leading family law expert said yesterday.
Baroness Deech said women should expect to work and that the law should be changed to prevent them living in comfort for life after a short marriage to a wealthy man.
She called for pre-nuptial agreements, which allow couples to plan before they marry what will happen to their children and assets if they divorce, to be made legally binding.
She said: 'If you marry a captain of industry, you become one yourself for all time, at least as far as the standard of ...