Quote: Marriage is a legal contract. If one wants the contract, then it makes sense to get married. If one does not want the contract, then it does not.
If anyone is unsure whether they want such a contract or not, I recommend not getting married until and unless one is reasonably certain one wants it.
Yes, but. Beware of "Palimony."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palimony
Quote:Palimony is the division of financial assets and real property on the termination of a personal live-in relationship wherein the parties are not legally married. The term "palimony" is not a legal or historical term, but rather a colloquial portmanteau of the words pal and alimony coined by celebrity divorce attorney Marvin Mitchelson in 1977 when his client Michelle Triola Marvin filed an unsuccessful suit against the actor Lee Marvin