So many naive and immature replies here... sad. Do you all really think that in 2019 either party is really virgin at marriage? I wouldn't be surprised is more than half the younger married couples today are actually unfaithful - it's so common these days.

Anyway - coming back to the point, there are a lot of factors that the judge takes into account in a divorce case when deciding how the assets will be distributed, I don't have hard facts but I would be surprised if it's just a straight 50-50.

There are obvious considerations like how much each partner contributed financially to the relationship but there are also more nuanced considerations like who gave up promotions in order to raise the children, or like if one partner financially supported the spouse in furthering their studies, etc. All this are points you need to make during a divorce to highlight your contributions to the union.

Where children are concerned, I have read that Malaysian law favours mothers over fathers unless there's some strong reason why the mother should not have custody. This is extremely unjust and it's likely a remnant of some naive old-timey matriarchal stereotypes still lingering and there's really no strong political will to make the law fair for both parenrs.

You can sign a prenuptial agreement (aka prenup) but this doesn't mean the court will follow this 100%, you can read more about the facts of prenups here:
https://asklegal.my/p/prenuptial-agreements...-marriage-marry

The hard part is how do you broach the subject of a prenup to your partner - regardless of whether it's the man proposing a prenup to the woman, or the woman proposing a prenup to the man. It sort of "plans for a divorce" ahead of time so it often leaves a bad taste - but if you are good with words, you could probably find a novel way to put it so that it doesn't put off your mister or your missus. Please teach me how too if you are successful