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Is living together before marriage a factor in divorce?

On behalf of Goldstein & Bachman posted in Divorce on Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Many couples in New Jersey might believe that by living together before marriage, they will be less likely to end up going through a divorce. However, research shows that this is not true -- in fact, cohabitation may be a reason for divorce.

Despite the fact that many young people feel that living together before marriage is a good way to test the waters, experience is proving that many of these same couples will end up in a divorce situation. Researchers have named this phenomenon the cohabitation effect.

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Cohabitation agreements offer protection to New Jersey couples

On behalf of Goldstein & Bachman posted in Divorce on Saturday, March 24, 2012

Earlier this week, we wrote about a recent study which found that cohabitation prior to marriage no longer increased the chances that the cohabitating couple would eventually divorce. However, the study did not discuss the recent increases in couples who are cohabitating in lieu of marriage, many of whom are taking steps such as buying homes and having children together while continuing to remain unmarried.

While cohabitation may certainly be a more positive and successful approach for some couples, it can create some unique problems. Specifically, what happens if the couple splits up? If they had been married and were going through a divorce, there would be legal processes to help them determine how to divide their assets. But because no such laws exist for cohabitation, separating the household can be a tricky matter.

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Cohabitation may no longer correlate with increased divorce rate

On behalf of Goldstein & Bachman posted in Divorce on Thursday, March 22, 2012

For several decades, researchers and family law attorneys associated cohabitation before marriage with an increased likelihood of eventual divorce. However, according to a new marriage survey of about 22,000 women and men in New Jersey and across the country, it seems that the long-held belief may no longer be accurate.

Interestingly, the study results indicated a clear distinction between couples who lived together while engaged or with the express intent of getting married in the near future, and couples who lived together with no solid plans to marry. The former group was much less likely to divorce than the latter, which researchers believe has much to do with commitment and shared goals.

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Goldstein & Bachman's founding partners - Mark Goldstein and Howard Bachman - have each practiced law in New Jersey for more than 20 years.

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