What are the legal benifits of marriage?
Or why get married if your living with someone already?
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Inheritance, property and tax. It also provides legal rights for any children produced. Insurance and other medical benefits . . . It's really not a bad deal if you choose wisely.
You get certain legal protections like community property if you divorce. For example, if you're living with your boyfriend and he decides that he'd rather go hump other people, he can pick up and leave without any regard to you. His only legal obligations to you would be covered under any contracts you signed, such as a lease agreement. If you're married, you can collect alimony. In court, there's spousal privilege that protects certain conversations between you and your husband. If your boyfriend goes into the hospital, you might not be able to seem as quickly as his blood family can because you're not technically his family. There's also medical care through employers (spouses can easily go on plans), as well as inheritance. In fact, inheritance is a big one. Spouses always get first rights to inheritance in absence of a will.
So, there are many legal benefits to marriage as opposed to just living together. The best part about living together is that you can pick up and go whenever you like without a lot of legal complications (divorce can be very messy), but if you're the one being left, it's not good.
1. Lower tax rate.
2. Inheritance of assets proceeds easier.
3. A number of minor things I can't think of.
Additionally, many employers provide medical/dental/vision and other insurance coverages to a spouse.
You can have legal sex, he can even stick it in your pooter in some states.
There are about 450 specific federal benefits, and (depending on the state) most of a thousand state benefits.
Special rights for property transfer and inheritance, tax breaks, visiting rights, power of attorney rights -- a very long list.
Legal sharing of property, I believe.
just so you know also after living with a man for a certain number of years you become common law spouses and in the eyes of the state you are married.
lots of things
damn and i cant think of any that havent already been listed
coragryph's answer is the best you are likely to get here unless you can be more specific in your question.
That said, he is wrong about the 'Power of Attorney rights'. Spouses do have not 'Power of Attorney rights' as a result of marriage. ALL rights that can be granted under a Power of Attorney can be granted to the other party without marriage.
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