How to Cover Your Bases When When You’ve Chosen Cohabitation
Modern love brings us the choice and freedom not to marry. I was just reading a Pew Research Center report that states the average age of a first marriage is 27 for women and 29 for men, apparently a record high. That means a lot of people are choosing to cohabitate before marrying. Among the […]
What You Need to Know About Co-Owning a Home Without Getting Married in Washington State
So you want to buy a place with your boo, but you’ve both been burned before. Marriage equality is great, but it’s not for you. Or you’ve owned your own dream home for a long time and your sweetie has been living there with you, and you want to give her ownership. Well, there are […]
Splitting Up the Property When You Aren’t Married but End Your Relationship
It’s no mystery – a lot of people fall in love, live together, but never get married. And in Washington, the law sometimes causes confusion when it comes to dissolving that kind of relationship, especially around property division. The rules about property during divorce and at death are often clearer for people who elect to […]
Domestic Partnership Agreements
How unmarried couples can strengthen their relationships by privately defining their relationship under the law. A Property Status Agreement or Domestic Partnership Agreement (“the Agreement”) is an enforceable contract created between two people that allows them to legally define the boundaries of their relationship. The Agreement sets forth the couple’s intentions and clarifies each person’s […]