People who lived in cohabiting relationships face greater financial uncertainty and weaker legal protection after their partner’s death. “This may help explain why their mortality risk is higher, ...

Nearly half of unmarried people who live with their partner and share a pet with them would consider including their animal ...

If you live with your partner, you might assume your assets will automatically go to them if you die. But think again. Under intestacy laws, cohabitees have no right to inherit – and looming ...

Cohabitation refers to two romantic partners living together without being married. In the United States, rates of cohabitation have been on the rise from 45 percent to about 66 percent. Also on the ...

Cohabiting before marriage is becoming more common, with the number of unmarried partners living together in the U.S. nearly tripling from 1996 to 2017. That was before potential isolation during a ...

The landscape of relationships has seen a significant shift over the past several decades. According to a study by the National Center for Family & Marriage Research, the marriage rate in 1970 was ...