Pre-nups for common law relationships?
929809
Pre-nups are really just for marriage (hence the name).  If you would like to solidify your financial arrangments, have an attorney draw up a Property Status Agreement which clearly defines whose property is whose and what property is community.  It acts that same as a pre-nup, except that you aren't getting married.  \nYou will probably be advised to have seperate counsel from your boyfriend since you or him could be relinquishing property rights now or in the future.  Be sure to have an estate planning attorney draw up the PSA because if you're worried about being out on the street, you want to make sure the document will hold up in court.\nAlso, if Georgia is not a community property state, then you don't have to worry about any of this.\nGood luck!
18140
I read the other answer and I don't think you were asking about common law marriages, lol.  Your question was how long before a proposal.  That truly depends on the couple and IF both are ready to make that comittment.  My first marriage, we dated almost 4 years before getting married.  Now, I just remarried in August 2005 and we lived together for 3 years prior.  My son just married his girlfriend after only knowing her 4 months.  So it really depends on the individuals involved.
774684
Well, I do alot of consulting work and I really don't advice people who are not yet married to rush into changing property interests because of the other mate. I know the answer you need but in good faith can't give it to you without knowing the particular reasons why you would want to do that.\nThe road to h_ _ _ is paved with good intentions.\nBuena Suerte
575760
Common law is shown as a legal status after 7 complete years of actually living together. However your 6 previous years before marriage are moot but anything bought before the marriage the he has brought into it with you, you may be intitled to percentages which increase if you have even ever paid or wrote a check for that beared your name.(utilities, mortgages, etc.) You then become an owner by association. Seek a qualified attorney as this she should have been aware of.
696013
depends on how you want to proceed -\nif it is mutual - no kids - no property \n1. By yourself\n2. Both parties in courtroom\n\nbut best to check with your state = go see the Clerk of the Court for your county or parish - they will have a civil section - and the clerks there are understanding and can give you some pointers
1187760
You should be untitled to everything he has if you are legally married to him and there is no prenuptial legal agreement denying you rights to what he leaves behind.  Then there is the matter of the will,  but remember no matter what the will states, as his legal wife you are intitled to at least half of everything he leaves behind.  If you don't get it contest the will 'if it's worth it'.
491174
Yes I LOVE the Beatles... my parents raised me on them (in fact, when I was really little I though they were a current music group, about 1982)  Anyway, I agree that he should have got a pre-nup.  I read in a paper yesterday someone's opinion on the topic that I agree with:  She should only be able to get part of the money that he made while they were together.  Everything he made before then she shouldn't be able to get a part of.  Of course, that might be complicated but I still agree that it would be more fair.  By the way, his current fortune is £800,000,000.  They are saying that she could try to take 5 of the 8.
758963
PRE-NUP is only answer.. and dont have any kids with her or she might be able to get the house then as well even if she had signed a pre nup... if you have a brother or sister or any other family( that you trust!!)  put the house in their name.. and put it in trust for someone..
55725
You cant just be considered married...(in America)...you must apply within local state and government laws for a commonlaw marriage first. If u lived with someone, u cant just go apply for a commonlaw marriage and expect previous time to be accounted for in the agreement. The term for commonlaw marriage does not begin until the next full day after application acceptance. Commonlaw terms range anywhere from 2-7 yyrs in the USA, depending on the state.
37823
in this day and age where 60% of all marriages end in divorce, a pre nup should be mandatory, keep in mind what the state sees a marriage as, not a loving union, but as a merger of 2 individual corporations, hence why you need a license, when you divorce, one party sues the other  for dissolution of the marriage ( merger ) and thus assests come into play.\n\n Love has NOTHING to do with money and assests, a common misconception of women. Marriage is a business deal, nothing more, you need to be professional about it. Like any business deal restrictive and unfair pre nups are thrown out and null and void, so be careful about the language and make sure it fair and proper, have them both signed in presence of his / her attorneys, do not use 1 attorney for the prenups as many court will view this as cohersion and signing under intimidation / duress.\n\nOnce you view the marriage as such be prepared for resistance from the bride to be, if she does not sign, do not marry. It's akin to going into a business venture where you do not know what the rules are much less the consequences, only to have the partner rip the business of and later found out a simple contract could have protected you. The main reason women will not like to sing saying it's unromantic ( remind them of how a state sees the marriage ), if that the case draw up a simple paper, throw a ceremony, and you are spritually married ( the stae will not recognized it however ), women want the license sans prenup becuase they know in the event of divorce they will get 50% of community assests ( and with a good lawyer ) more, hence why you should pretect you hard earned assests. Prenup cannot void things such as alimony, child support, nor child custody, as those are matters of Family court where raw emotion often work against the male going in.\n\nIdeally I would tell you to NEVER marry, as I like to use this simple example, if you knew 2 out of 3 flights on take off or landing would crash killing all passengers and crew, would you fly ?\nHave a long time GF if you want, have kid with her if you feel the need to, but NEVER NEVER get married, there is simply nothing in it for you.
176341
No.  This is covered by state law so it varies, but the spouse generally gets everything in the absence of a will - especially community property.  If there is no spouse, then the next of kin would get it.\n\nIf it's not too late already and you have substantial assets, consider getting a living trust.  You can avoid probate which can cost you 15% of the estate!
800949
If you have lived together as man and wife you are entitled to a share of the family assets under British law\n\nIgnore your husband. Go to the CAB as a first step. They will be able to work out your entitlement to legal aid costs and give you a list of local family law solicitors.\n\nGood luck.
5168
NO...the US Supreme Court ruled several years ago that the prior assets and current income of a parent's spouse (In this case, you) cannot be presumed to be available for the purposes of child support or spousal support, even in states where all income is otherwise considered to be community property and all debts considered to be joint obligations...that means you are not legally on the hook for his kids and his ex wife can't try to get your house...in a nutshell.\nIf you two marry and he stops working or something, they can haul his tail to prison if they have cause to believe that he's willfully avoiding his obligation, but your paycheck cannot be considered in deciding or fulfilling his support order.\nYou will want to consult an attorney specialising in family law about specifics such as whether you should file your taxes jointly or seperately, how a jointly purchased home should be deeded and to draw up a prenuptual agreement about any inheritance you may recieve in the future and MAKE OUT A WILL....Both of you.\n(the Supreme Court ruling left some confusion about the distribution of assets aquired by one party but within the marriage)
966476
First, remember that just because a state follows Community Property laws doesn't mean that all property is automatically CP. If the income derives solely from a separate property asset, it generally remains separate property. Each CP state has different rules for modifying this, but the basic premise remains.\n\nAlso remember that Louisiana is a civil law, rather than common law, jurisdiction. That means that each judge is free to interpret the statutory laws as they wish, and that prior judicial rulings do not have the same binding effect that they do in common law states. Thus, unless the legislative statute specifically determines what happens in a particular situation, the outcome is less certain than it would be in other states.\n\nThere are not enough facts to answer your question fully. If the working spouse owns the business, and owned the business before getting married, then the business may be considered a separate property asset, and thus any proceeds are separate property. Or the working spouse may be entitled to specific assets because of a pre-nup agreement. Or because of debt allocation. Or for dozen other reasons, all dependent on facts not listed.\n\nThe bottom line is that the judge probably is ruling according to what the law (the legislative statutes) say, but either the statutes don't cover this particular case, or the facts lead to a situation that may not make sense at first glance, because of the way the law is written. But if the judge isn't following the law, that's grounds for appeal.
1100510
You can have a prenup, but, contrary to popular belief, that does NOT mean that IF you divorced at some point in the future, your wife cannot challenge it and that a court cannot modify it afterwards. The reasons for such modifications are usually related to significant changes in your life (living standards, children, etc.). So the bottom line is: A prenup is not 100% foolproof protection, but it'll help.\nYou can stipulate in your prenup that everything that you possess and that she possesses prior to the marriage will belong to each, respectively in case of a divorce.\nOnce you're married, all assets AND all debts that either of you accumulate during the marriage become marital property/ liability.
913730
It really depends on the situation at hand. Are you and the soon to be ex getting along? If so, perhaps you can work on all the paperwork together. If you can keep lawyers out of it, you save money and a lot of other crap that goes along with it b/c some lawyers really encourage playing games that just stir the proverbial pot.
1106446
California laws has a separate property law. Since you owned the property before you were married, he can not take it way from you. \n\nhttp://www.nvo.com/beaulier/statebystatedivorcelaws/