(June 4, 2015 at 4:37 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: This is where my closet libertarian creeps in and suggests that the people involved in the marriage create the contract themselves, and only go to the gov't when the contract is breached, instead of the gov't setting the rules for who get's to be 'married'.
I agree and can envision customized templates at places like Legal Zoom. Legal precedence would still hold based on our common law system. I think it important to maintain minimum expectations regarding sharing of assets, particularly where minor children are involved, in cases of breach of contract. I also think that certain common law marriage provisions should be maintain that offer protection of certain parties should a formal contract not be in place.