The benefit of being protected by the divorce. Divorce is here to protect the "weaker" (sorry probably not the right word) party. For example if they have kids

The benefit of being protected by the divorce. Divorce is here to protect the "weaker" (sorry probably not the right word) party. For example if they have kids and one of the parent stops working to raise the kids, divorce will make sure that person is not left without anything. There is another civil union (the PACS) and as far as I know the main (and maybe only) differences is that PACS do not get divorce (you can part much more quickly, each party just get their own stuff and that's it) and something related to ineritance taxes. So that's the main reasons why people marry I guess :) To be fair, I'll add that it's also not legal to marry religiously if you are not married civilly, so some people probably get married civilly just to be able to marry religiously.