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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;smallaxe, post: 3971695, member: 13430&quot;]There was a distant (and plain looking) aunt in my wife&#039;s family in the late 1800&#039;s whose father died very wealthy and had put his fortune in trust. Her three siblings passed away as young adults. She could only inherit the bulk of the estate if she was married. So she arranged a marriage with a male friend, drawing up one of America&#039;s first prenuptial agreements, which provided her friend $100,000 and a house for his trouble. It was a sham marriage that was terminated a few years later. They were just friends before, during, and after the marriage. But by satisfying the terms of the estate (single women did not generally inherit anything more than token amounts), she became one of the most independently wealthy women in the world (some say only Queen Victoria was wealthier). She did not remarry.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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