What the default does and misses
Under the limited community, pre-marital assets — including a pre-marital BV — stay private by default. The catch lives in the growth: value built during the marriage, salary set low while the company swelled, and reinvested profits all invite the boardroom into the divorce court under reasonable-compensation doctrines. The default protects the seed; the terms protect the tree.
The clauses that do the work
Exclusion of the enterprise — the BV, its shares and their growth named private. A compensation formula — fairness to the marriage priced in advance (a periodic settlement clause actually executed yearly, or a fixed formula) instead of litigated afterward. The certificate line — where a STAK exists, certificates and their transfer rules aligned with the terms: the instrument. And the annual execution habit: settlement clauses that slept for a decade are the classic courtroom exhibit.
The founder’s pairing
Marriage terms guard the personal layer; the structure guards the corporate one — holding above, risk below, foundation charter for the family: the honest protection picture. Existing marriages amend by notarial deed at any point; the calm year is the right year: the estate frame.