Don’t Keep Financial Secrets from Your New Mid-Life Partner
There are many complicated facets of estate planning that arise when marrying someone in mid-life. Keeping financial secrets and refusing to share your financial history with your partner could set you both up for problems in the future.
Furthermore, a mid-life marriage, including a second or third marriage, requires upfront honesty about both of your individual financial situations and how your marriage can impact your estate planning.
One 2020 creditcards.com survey of over 2500 adults in relationships found
that nearly half of respondents were hiding a savings, checking or credit card
account from their partner. Up to 57% of millennials, 37% of baby boomers, and
45% of GenX-ers had deceived their partners financially. This form of financial
infidelity could be very problematic should the other person find out about it
and could add to an increasing layer of complexity.