Cohabiting Before Marriage

Cohabiting before marriage may be the “kiss of death”—or divorce. What are the odds that you’d be in this relationship if you weren’t living together? The more you get to know your possible future spouse before you live together, the better chance you have of breaking up with the wrong person and finding the right […]

Pre-Prenups

Cohabitation in the United States has increased by more than 1,500 percent in the past half century. In 1960 about 450,000 unmarried couples lived together. Today the number is more than 7.5 million. The majority of young adults will live with someone in a romantic relationship before they marry; and more than half of all […]

Pre-prenups

On March 6, 2010, in Blog, Divorce Advice, Lawyers & Legal Matters, Prepare for Divorce, by leslye

Pre-prenups also known as cohabition agreements or cohabs are the latest thing.  It’s a dating prenup which has contractual guidelines for relationships and relation-splits.  People want to protect themselves, their property and their pets in case of a  break-up.  They are particularly common in New York where common-law marriages aren’t recognized and unmarried couples are […]