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From: cheryl@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU (cheryl)
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Subject: Re: Marriage - Yes or No
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Date: Thu, 10-Jul-86 11:12:07 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 10 11:12:07 1986
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In article <774@mtx5d.UUCP> hbb@mtx5d.UUCP (H.B.Braude) writes:
>Don Licsak writes...
>> Living together is not unlike being married, except for one BIG difference.
>> Unless there is a binding contract, either party can walk away from the
>> relationship, breaking the commitment. Easy. No lawyers, divorce laws, etc.
>> A bruised ego heals in time. 
>I may be mistaken, but I recall a lawsuit involving   actor   Lee
>Marvin   and  another involving singer Peter Framton(sp?) several
>years   ago   demonstrated   that   non-married  couples    could
>become  embroiled  in  "divorce-like"  property suits in much the
>same way as married couples.

Yet another case for explicit property-rights contracts being formulated
as property becomes an "issue."

Cheryl


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