We live in an age where far fewer people see the need to say their I-do’s simply to share a life. Yet, while many might think they are jumping the conventional institution of getting married by simply moving in together, this might not be the smartest decision says the leading team of Rhode Island divorce lawyers at John Grasso. While it might appear to be a safer solution, you are still exposing yourself to losing out financially in even a much larger manner than when you might have been married.
“Today, we see a lot of millennials opting to simply move in together rather than going through the legal procedures of getting married. Yet, it remains the case that many of these millennial marriages, as we now refer to this kind of situation, also ends up in millennial divorces. It leaves both parties in a vulnerable position as there has been no legal commitment or contracts put into place, nor at the beginning of this living situation nor during the entire time that they’ve shared a home, an income or were buying assets together. Once they then decide to take a break from the relationship, they have no contract to protect either party,” says Blake Nolan, media consultant to the leading team of divorce lawyers in RI, John Grasso.
Nolan then further expands those recent statistics indicate that the number of couples and families that live under one roof without being married is growing at a much more rapid rate than those who are getting married the conventional way. This means that many more people need to take the time to appoint a legal practitioner to draft the needed paperwork. “All couples always think that they will be sharing the bliss they have felt the moment when they moved in together forever, it is unfortunately seldom the case. When this bliss blows over and they have differences that they seem incapable of solving, the real issues truly starts and then something that could’ve been a simple separation can turn into a complex legal procedure, costing them far more,” Nolan continues.
The advice of this legal team is therefore to protect yourself. It is best not to consider drafting such a contract as a backdoor that you keep open, expecting the relationship to fail, but much rather as the responsible thing to do to protect yourself and the person you love.
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