gemma allen of ladden and allen family law is on set this morning. good morning to you. > > hi. how are you? > > great. i'm wondering about these post-nups though. because you are already married, do you lose some of your bargaining power when making a new agreement? > > that is the essential question, because, what is the bargaining power? the courts will look at that very strongly. but i'm excited that women are asking for more, because i think it's a sign that women are feeling more powerful. > > another sign is that financially sometimes the man starts to make more money than when they started the marriage, or even the women are starting to make more money, and that's one of the reasons why we're seeing this. how does that play into getting the post-nup? > > well, it is an interesting issue in a marriage, because as each party changes in their lives, they may say, "hey, we may disagree about the next chapter. let's think about, you may want to leave everything to the children. i may have a favorite charity. let's think it through, and maybe rather than fight about it, let's