Buying real estate with someone other than a spouse can be a costly mistake. If you are married and split up, you have rights that are addressed in the divorce process. However, if you are not married ...

Warning to unmarried couples with oral palimony agreements: your agreement may no longer be legally enforceable. The Appellate Division recently favored retroactive application of the 2010 amendments ...

Lots of people live together outside of marriage. And as marriage rates have declined, cohabitation rates have risen. While you might have love in your eyes, cohabitation can bring tax and legal risks ...

When Palimony's at Stake, Three's a Crowd If any practical legal principle can be extracted from the gnarled facts of Bayne v. Johnson v. Johnson, it is probably this: You can't get palimony if you ...

Agreements such as these are not just for the wealthy. They are for anyone who wants to prepare financially and legally when they enter a cohabitation relationship.” — Ken LaMance, LegalMatch’s ...