As we know, Melania Knauss aka Melania Trump is the third wife of Donald Trump.
When married to her, he was already a successful businessman with a huge fortune. They meet at a party in 1998. Then the couple tied the knot in front of some of the most famous and influential people in the world.
But before married, Trump made a prenup with the model.
Recently, a former aide has previously claimed she’s “counting every minute until he is out of the office and she can divorce”.
In 2018, Omarosa Manigault Newman claimed the couple’s marriage was over, but the First Lady’s spokesman said Newman barely knew Melania.
But what happens if they do split up?
While the details of their prenup are secret, the topic of their agreement is said to be a source of fascination in legal circles.
Peter Stambleck, from New York-based legal firm Aronson Mayefsky & Sloan, told Town and Country magazine that he would have recommended a title controls prenup.
He explains: “It makes it very clear that, in the event of a divorce, everything in his name will be his and everything in her name will be hers.
“Billionaires have complicated asset structures. They have shell companies, LLCs, investments in other companies, and it’s very, very complicated. One main purpose of a prenup is to avoid having to share in that, but also to avoid the headache that goes into producing all the documents and having accountants come in and look at all of it. Theoretically, that’s what could happen in the absence of a prenup.”
He also claims that Melania would probably be allowed to keep any jewelry she has been given during the marriage.
When it comes to the couple’s son Barron, Jacqueline Newman, managing partner at Berkman Bottger Newman & Rodd, believes Melania would be the primary caretaker and could get a lot of cash to look after the 14-year-old.
Trump’s first two wives also had prenups. After his first marriage to Ivana broke down, she argued her case and was awarded $10million from the businessman and a further $650,000 a year of child support.
She also got an apartment in New York and a huge Connecticut mansion.
His second wife, Marla Maples, got far less – around $2million.
