Navigating the American Marriage Minefield (and what Kobe's nightmare can teach us)
12-19-2011, 10:22 AM
Epic post dude, +1
The other option is to never get married but instead have an LTR which is marriage in all but name. Just make that all your assets like the house & cars or solely in your name. Alimony and division of property would not occur in this arrangement, but do expect the mother of any children to gain custody as they always do.
This alternative can be pulled off in the majority of the U.S where common law marriages are not recognized. The exceptions are Alabama, Colorado, D.C, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, New Hampshire (postmortem for inheritance), Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas and Utah. In these states if you cohabit for long enough or have children together in the eyes of the law it will be as if you are married.
It is also impossible in Australia and Canada with the exception of Quebec.
The other option is to never get married but instead have an LTR which is marriage in all but name. Just make that all your assets like the house & cars or solely in your name. Alimony and division of property would not occur in this arrangement, but do expect the mother of any children to gain custody as they always do.
This alternative can be pulled off in the majority of the U.S where common law marriages are not recognized. The exceptions are Alabama, Colorado, D.C, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, New Hampshire (postmortem for inheritance), Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas and Utah. In these states if you cohabit for long enough or have children together in the eyes of the law it will be as if you are married.
It is also impossible in Australia and Canada with the exception of Quebec.