Does There Exist a Legal Category Less Than Marriage?

[El Hijo de Manolo]

I recall the late great WW and how it was his pet peeve when posters didn't read at least some of the thread before mind-bendingly posting rehash of the same stuff that's already been said, sometimes multiple times. I used to tell him it was part of the disease known as terminal uniqueness.

 

[chico bill]

Either living with a woman, married or not, is called Purgatory.

 

[chico bill]

Why would you lose half of your income?

 

[johne]

You already answered yourself: Union Libre or Concubinage.
By DR Law, you and your partner "are married" or "living formally together"
You guys can formalize your relationship by an "Acto de Union Libre" certified with a lawyer and a notary.
But before that, ask to a lawyer if this affect your legal status in the US.

This! He thinks free "legal advise" is cheaper than asking a lawyer. You get what.....

 

[2020]

I was told back in 2014, after two years of living together it's considered "common law" marriage.
No idea how accurate that information was.

oh,
does that mean she would be entitled to 1/2 of everything you own?

 

[johne]

OP. There is a document,procedure, law, that is valid 💯 in the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. I repeat in the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. I had it before I got married in a civil ceremony. I don't know what it is called and currently it's at my house in the DR and I'm traveling in the states for until monday return. And yes I had a lawyer do it for me with all the stamps and notary.
Speak to a lawyer.

 

[windeguy]

You already answered yourself: Union Libre or Concubinage.
By DR Law, you and your partner "are married" or "living formally together"
You guys can formalize your relationship by an "Acto de Union Libre" certified with a lawyer and a notary.
But before that, ask to a lawyer if this affect your legal status in the US.

By DR law Union Libre/Concubinage is NOT marriage. There is NO common law marriage in the DR. It simply does not exist.
I have a sister in law that lived in concubinage for decades. When the man died , the woman got NOTHING despite going to court.
His children got EVERYTHING. No piece of paper from a lawyer would have changed that.

Will a lawyer take your money to come up with a meaningless paper for your Union Libre? I bet they would.

For the OP to get what he wants, he has to create a will since he does not want to get legally married because he would lost US benefits.
The only way he would lose US benefits is if he got married.

 

[johne]

You can have every ex pat in the country tell you that there is no common law marriage. They are right only to the extent of the title of the doc.

 

[johne]

By DR law Union Libre/Concubinage is NOT marriage. There is NO common law marriage in the DR. It simply does not exist.
I have a sister in law that lived in concubinage for decades. When the man died , the woman got NOTHING despite going to court.
His children got EVERYTHING. No piece of paper from a lawyer would have changed that.

Will a lawyer take your money to come up with a meaningless paper for your Union Libre? I bet they would.

For the OP to get what he wants, he has to create a will since he does not want to get married because he would lost US benefits.
The only way he would lose US benefits is if he got married.

Ten years ago windy you posted the same thing. You're still wrong after all these years. Maybe your new law advisor CHAT differs with me but makes no difference I spent the money and time to do this correctly.

 

[Big]

Why would you lose half of your income?

a horrible business decision.

 

[keepcoming]

The OP needs to ask a lawyer, that is the only way he is going to get a correct answer.

 

[johne]

And to do it right you not only should have a will but ALSO a pre-nup before a civil marriage.

 

[johne]

a horrible business decision.

I am interested as well

 

[johne]

oh,
does that mean she would be entitled to 1/2 of everything you own?

Yes ,if you didn't take the proper steps to avoid this before you die.

 

[windeguy]

Ten years ago windy you posted the same thing. You're still wrong after all these years. Maybe your new law advisor CHAT differs with me but makes no difference I spent the money and time to do this correctly.

I am not wrong . Prove that I am wrong and I wll agree. Nobody has proven I am wrong. There is NO common law marriage in the DR.

 

[windeguy]

The OP needs to ask a lawyer, that is the only way he is going to get a correct answer.

Too bad the DR has no legal team to provide the simple answer that common law marriage does not exist in the DR.
And the best the OP can do is to get a will that attempts to clarify his intentions upon death.

 

[johne]

I am not wrong . Prove that I am wrong and I wll agree. Nobody has proven I am wrong. There is NO common law marriage in the DR.

I have proven it by going to a government official face to face in the legal depart. Unlike your un professional law advise that you cherry pick in your spare time

 

[johne]

Too bad the DR has no legal team to provide the simple answer that common law marriage does not exist in the DR.
And the best the OP can do is to get a will that attempts to clarify his intentions upon death.

Wrong again.

 

[johne]

Too bad the DR has no legal team to provide the simple answer that common law marriage does not exist in the DR.
And the best the OP can do is to get a will that attempts to clarify his intentions upon death.

You and OP really mean " FOR FREE".

 

[johne]

I am not wrong . Prove that I am wrong and I wll agree. Nobody has proven I am wrong. There is NO common law marriage in the DR.

Funny, that I don't feel compelled to prove ANYTHING to you. Why complicate my life when it's so easy with the right people in the DR?