Author: Michael G. Cochrane
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: strengthen, life, together, contract, legal, cohabitation, agreement, understanding, need
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2010-03-30
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 0470737506
ISBN-13: 9780470737507

You’re committed, you’re moving in together and you’re blending your households. But are you forgetting something? Many Canadians find themselves in common-law relationships and think that they aren’t any different from a legal marriage. It can be a shock to find out that, when the going gets tough, certain rights under the law-not to mention financial obligations-do or do not apply. For instance, if one common-law partner becomes seriously ill or passes away, will the other be able to access joint bank accounts? Their shared home? What happens if there is no wil

Authors:Linda J. Waite, Christine Bachrach, Michelle Hindi
Publisher: Aldine Transactio
Keywords: social, institutions, change, cohabitation, marriage, bind, perspectives, ties
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2000-06-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0202306364
ISBN-13: 9780202306360

Marriage is on the decline in the United States and in virtually every other country in the industrialized world. Yet at the same time as marriage rates are declining, it is clearer than ever that marriage matters to Americans. Those who do marry report better health, higher incomes, more sexual satisfaction, and higher levels of well being than those who are single. This volume was organized to review and assess the scientific evidence about the causes of such trends in marriage and other forms of intimate unions. The contributors address two questions in these pages. Firstly, what do we know