If Melania really did decide to divorce, how much would it cost Donald Trump?
Donald Trump's presidency is about to end and with it, according to some rumors, also his marriage. If she left him, what would she get under the terms of her prenup?
While the details of the Trump prenuptial agreement are obviously secret, they are said to be a subject of debate in legal circles.
So Peter Stambleck, of the New York law firm Aronson Mayefsky & Sloan, revealed to Town and Country magazine that it would include a securities control agreement.
This agreement "makes it very clear that in the event of a divorce, everything in Trump's name will be Trump's and everything in Melania's name will be Melania's. Billionaires have complicated asset structures. They have shell companies, LLCs, investments in other companies and that makes it very, very complicated, "she explained, adding that Melania would probably be allowed to keep all the jewelry she received as a gift during the wedding.
For her part, Jacqueline Newman, managing partner of Berkman Bottger Newman & Rodd, believes that Melania would get custody of the couple's son, Barron, and she could get a lot of money to take care of him.
"My guess is that she would get primary custody rights and he would get a chance to see it as long as she was in town," Newman says. It is also assumed that Melania would get a considerable amount of money that would allow her to maintain the lifestyle she is used to: "She probably had a clear idea of the kind of life they would lead, so I imagine the payment would be quite generous" .
For now the only certain thing is that Melania has accused Donald Trump's former aide, Omarosa Manigault Newman, of spreading false rumors that she desperately wants to divorce her.
Would Melania renegotiate the conditions?
However, a book about the former first lady claims that she used her husband's 2016 election victory to renegotiate the terms of their prenup. 'Washington' Post reporter Mary Jordan in her book 'The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump' recalls that Melania did not relocate. immediately to the White House, apparently to allow Barron to finish the school year.
In reality, according to Jordan, this is because she actually wanted to negotiate financial and hereditary opportunities for Barron equal to those of Trump's other four children.
Trump's first two wives also had prenuptial agreements, which were then successfully challenged. His first wife, Ivana, received $ 14 million from the businessman and another $ 650,000 a year for child support. She also has an apartment in New York and a huge mansion in Connecticut. His second wife, Marla Maples, received much less, about $ 2 million.
