<prompt> Human: So my wife stands to be the primary breadwinner a year from now when she finishes her residency. However, shes will also have 250k in med school debt. When my parents pass away, I will probably be left close to 800k. She doesnt come from money and will not likely have much inheritance. If something happens to our marriage, and we split, am I at risk of assuming her med school debt? How much would my inheritance be at risk?Edit: Thank you for all of the helpful advice. Ive set up an appointment to talk to a lawyer Wednesday, just so I can be sure she and I are protected. Talking to him shortly over the phone, we MAY be ok without one, but I want to be sure.Edit 2: Spoke to my lawyer, because my name was never on her Student loans, I cant be stuck with them. If I put ALL inheritances into an account in only my name, she cant take them directly. HOWEVER, if we divorce, and she comes at me for alimony, then they can be considered assets with which to pay alimony. Then she would be in directly getting some of it. My lawyer suggest we get a prenup that just waives the right to seek alimony. This protects her as well as she will be the primary bread winner here in about a year and a half.Thank you all for your advice.  <response>: I worked for a divorce attorney several years ago as a paralegal. Ive seen people fight over the stupidest things in a divorce a box of china that no one wanted- but they didnt want the other side to have it. I highly recommend that you at least talk to a decent attorney about one- especially if you have property prior to getting married.My fiancé and I are going to do a simple one- basically it will read that we will split the house, each of us gets the car they drive daily, and anything owned monetarily or otherwise prior to getting married will be returned to the original owner. I know talking about a prenup isnt fun and it does make you feel like it wont last. But it is a VERY smart thing to do- especially if one of you is going to make significantly more money than the other OR owns property prior to getting married. Ive seen a lot of people get screwed over because they didnt have this conversation. 