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Or 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
by mysterypie 10y ago
Or 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...