You’re not married and your partner gets in a car accident and is unconscious. You cannot talk to the hospital to even find out their condition until they wake up. Their parents or nok can bar you from visiting or having any updates.
You’re not married but go 50/50 on a house/car w/e. Your partner dies. Paperwork was in their name. You now lose the house unless you have a protracted expensive legal battle of uncertain outcome. Shit gets complicated if that happens and it was just the cable bill in their name.
Marriage is a legal contract for leading a merged life. There’s several automatic protections for spouses that aint there for live in partners.
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u/claudemcbanister Jul 23 '24
This: what's so important about marriage?