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If this is truly a concern of yours, I would suggest not marrying.
by JustSomeNobody 10y ago
If this is truly a concern of yours, I would suggest not marrying.
- mysterypie 10y agoOr living together. Thanks to government, in most Western countries (including the U.S.) even living together binds you to the same or almost the same contract as marrying.
- Meegul 10y agoI've never heard of this. Someone can actually be entitled to half of your wealth just for living with you...?
- JustSomeNobody 10y agoIf you live together long enough. Common Law marriage or something...
- ianburrell 10y agoCommon law marriage is only a thing in eleven states. It requires the couple to present themselves as married. Australia and Canada have common-law relationships that aren't marriage but do involve dividing property in courts.
- alexmat 10y agoHow does this work with same sex roommates in states that allow same sex marriage? Or even simpler, what if a male and female live together as roommates?
- sean_patel 10y ago> in most Western countries (including the U.S.) even living together binds you to the same or almost the same contract as marrying. Correct. This is such a terrible thing. I'm coming up on 6th year of living with my girlfriend and I am told that California is also something like this... i.e. if you are living together for 7 or more years (maybe 10, not sure) that it's as if you are married. Terrible!
- vinay427 10y agoThis is incorrect and is a common myth being propagated recently. States don't have a defined time period. It's up to the parties to make a claim in a court whether they are reasonably married (looking at correspondence, documents, etc.) http://www.npr.org/2016/09/04/487825901/no-you-re-not-in-a-common-law-marriage-after http://www.npr.org/2016/09/04/487825901/no-you-re-not-in-a-c...