Cohabitation, or civil marriage, is a relationship that has not been formalized as required by law. Currently, almost half of couples living together do not register their marriage.
Most couples in love begin life together with a civil marriage in order to understand whether they can get along together and test their feelings. But almost all of them do not realize that in the event of force majeure circumstances, for example, the death of one of the spouses, the second right to property will be different than in a legal marriage.
On the one hand, a civil marriage is somewhat more convenient, but on the other hand, with a change in relations, one of the parties that made investments in the general budget risks being left without compensation. We must not forget about what are the responsibilities in such a marriage in relation to children. In the event of a breakdown in relations, the responsibility to raise a child rests entirely with one of the parents, and more often the mother. If the relationship after the breakup is bad, and in most cases it does, there is a great risk for a woman to find herself without financial support from her ex-husband. Of course, the case can be resolved through a court, but the chances for a decision in favor of a woman are far from so many as in an official marriage.
You can live in a civil marriage for a quarter of a century and a half of a century, but in the event of the death of one of the spouses, big problems will arise with the inheritance.
The way out can be like this. A special agreement is drawn up between the common-law spouses, which indicates the costs of partners, the relationship between them, and also stipulates how the division of property should take place in case of termination of cohabitation. The couple can often think over the points of such an agreement on their own. For example, the clause stating that in the case of obtaining loans during cohabitation, payments on them will be divided equally between the spouses.
When drawing up such an agreement, an advisory order can also be drawn up. So, there is an opportunity to get some kind of guarantee that if something happens, the spouse will be able to claim the property acquired in a civil marriage by inheritance.
