Benefits of marriage?

Question

My boyfriend and I have been together for 3 years and have a child together. Our families are pressuring us to get married.
We live together and plan on staying together but I don't feel the need to get legally married. We're not religious.

Are there any legal benefits to being married or it common-law the same thing?

Answer 1

there are protections for women & children in marriage laws that don't exist in palimic situations

Answer 2

First, yes there is a benefits to be married. Common-Law is a joke!! Okay let me give you an example, you said you and your boyfriend have been with each other for three years,right!! Okay and he has a friend that happens to be a girl, he's known for two years. Just because your his baby momma, you think you have more rights than the other girl. if she wanted to challenge you she could. Because there nothing there to say that he's made a commitment to you just your word and a baby. I know of a situation were a woman was with a man for 27 years. Not until he's funeral did she find out he had another girl he had been seeing for 20. Yet the icing on the cake is when he died. He's estranged wife got everything. Commitment. The one he married. There no glue in this relationship, he owes you nothing but, child support when and if he decides to leave. Did he promise to love you even though your going grow old, did say I'll be here even if you get sick or fat. Get those things and hold him too it with out marriage. I don't think it's possible! Marriages fall apart, but you always get something out of it in the end. You get nothing.

Answer 3

Benefits like Auto insurance going down in cost. Taxes are better when you file married. Your child has security of having two parents. Common law is normally after 7 years of living together and most states do not honor Common-law marraiges. Insurance also, has benefits when you are married. You don't have to be religious to get married there is the Justice of The Peace who can marry you two. But I always say, "To Each there own."

Answer 4

Its safer and better to marry cause

Then your bf can't leave you at anytime. If he sees another girl, he can just tell you, we're done and there is nothing you can do legally and you won't get money from him to bring up the child.

When your child grows and finds out you are not married then he will feel sad especially if someone calls him a *******.

If you are married and if your boyfriend and you seperate then he will have to share the expenses of bringing the child up but if you remain unmarried, he can leave you with the baby and go find another girl.

It is more accepted in society.

Its better legally.

Good luck

Answer 5

For the most part, common-law is good. However, when you are married it does make it easier legally if there is a death in your family (husband, especially). If you are married, all his possessions are automatically yours, as well as life insurance and so forth. In common-law this has to be specified, and if there is no will, it makes it messy. Also sometimes it makes it easier when dealing with scholls and what-not if the child and parents all share the same last name.

Answer 6

Your both live together more than a year and can be proved, you both can be claimed as a couple no matter tax declare or proproty share are the same. The only concern is the surname of the child can be followed the lady or the male.

Answer 7

depends what common - law in each country is like. for example, In canada, common - law couples will have the same legal rights as married couples once they've lived together for a certain amount of time. so which means, common-law couples will get the same rights as married couples, it's just you have to prove that you've been together for certain period of time.

Answer 8

common law is essentially the same as married. In Canada, the tax burden is somewhat higher if you are married, in the US it is the reverse. For a great in-depth review of marriage and alternatives, try unmarried.org. Click publications - newsletters - summer 2006 to see a story on one couple who were married and divorced each other as their re-affirmation of their commtiment to each other. Food for thought......

Answer 9

In my state, common law marriage doesn't exist anymore. There are benefits as far as health insurance in my state as well...a girlfriend can't be covered under guys health plan but a wife is. As for religion...I read the bible and I don't see where a legal document is needed to please God. But, once you lay with a person (which I perceive as sex), God wants us to stay with that person til death do us part. God didn't make rules to harm us...He knew what is best for us. Marriage is never easy...whether legal or not. Just talk to couples who have hit their 50th and see what kind of troubles were in their life and they stuck it out! Was that worse or better for them and their family? We give up on marriage too easy these days and our society is paying for it...just look at the news. God does know best!

Answer 10

you don't have to be religious to get married but comitted! You can have a wedding ceremony in a spiritual way and have the benefit of it if something happens to you / or your Bf that your child would be taken care of , i.e. social security death benefits,healtinsurance etc
but maybe you should ask your mom a couple of those questions

Answer 11

As far as the common law thing, it depends on where you live. Not all states recoginze a common-law marriage.

It's a personal choice really. Some benefits are for medical insurance, death benefits, etc.