Non-married couples living together in a state of New York have several estate planning questions they need to think about. Unlike married people, non-married couples do not automatically gain some important legal protections when it comes to estate planning. If you are in a committed relationship outside of marriage, you will want to think about these issues. Living Together and Getting Sick One of the more potentially problematic issues facing couples who are living together outside of marriage is the question of who has the right to make medical decisions for you should you get sick. Many people in committed relationships want their partners to be able to make medical decisions should they become incapacitated. Unfortunately, this isn’t always possible. For married couples, medical decisions when one spouse is incapacitated would usually fall to the other spouse to make. However, non-married couples do not have the same prerogative. If you haven’t created an advance medical dir
Posted on: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 18:22:35 +0000
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