Sentences with phrase «into cohabiting»

Among college graduates who enter into cohabiting unions, the process of entering into shared living is quite protracted.

Half of college - educated women who enter into cohabiting relationships have been romantically involved for more than a year (an average of 14 months) before moving in together.

That share was more than twice the rate in 1980 (18 percent) and an eightfold increase from the rate in 1960 (5 percent).2 Half of the children born to unwed mothers live, at least initially, with a single mother who is not residing with the child's biological father (although about 60 percent of this group say they are romantically involved with the father), while half live with an unwed mother who is cohabiting with the child's father.3 These estimates imply that today one - fifth of all children are born into single - mother families, while another fifth are born into cohabiting - couple families.

Moving into a cohabiting stepfamily from a single - mother family decreased adolescent well - being, and this impact was greater than that experienced by those who moved into a married stepfamily.

Not exact matches

The bishops trust that, armed with a sober appreciation of the obstacles cohabiting partners face, the Church can help couples transform tentative relationships into Christian marriages based on a faithful, exclusive, and permanent gift of the self.

Most parishes, of course, are happy to help cohabiting couples enter into marriage.

Most cohabiting hetero couples break up after around five years if they haven't transitioned into marriage.

The real problem with cohabiting is that many couples who enter into it don't give it a lot of thought; it's one of those «just kind of happened» things.

On the economic front, kids in cohabiting households tend to do better than kids in a single parent house, in part because they have access to two adults who can bring an income or resources into the home.

And I feel you — $ 5 margarita happy hours, donut day in the office, and cohabiting with kale haters doesn't help the fruits and veggies fly effortlessly into your mouth.

Finally, it is important for cohabiting couples in Scotland to be aware that the 2006 Act is retrospective - i.e. the cohabiting relationship may have commenced long before these provisions came into force but the Act still applies to whole period of cohabitation.

If you are seeking to protect your ownership of a property when cohabiting with a partner, most solicitors would advise the couple to enter into a cohabitation agreement.

One has to wonder, therefore, how long it will be before there is reform and before the law in England and Wales is brought into line with social trends and the startling difference that currently exists between the position of cohabiting parties and the position of the parties to a marriage is addressed.

Equally this may be said of the types of cases which reach the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords; hence the domination of «big money» decisions in the ongoing reinterpretation of MCA 1975, s 25 and the rarity of reported cohabitant cases despite increasing numbers of couples choosing to cohabit rather than marry or enter into a civil partnership.

The relationship of the two sisters was quite different: they had chosen to cohabit as siblings but they did not fall into the privileged categories which the UK was entitled to recognise,» he says.

In the state of Nevada, engaged, married, or cohabiting couples may enter into agreements defining their property rights, and depending upon the type of agreement, their support, and other rights and obligations.

This decision reflects the provisions of the Divorce Act, which states (s. 15.2 (4)-RRB- that the court in considering a spousal support award shall take into consideration the condition, means, needs and other circumstances of each spouse, including the length of time the spouses cohabited; the functions performed by each spouse in the relationship; and any order, agreement or arrangement relating to support of either spouse.

However, no such exemption applies to common - law spouses (defined by federal legislation as one who is «cohabiting with the individual in a conjugal relationship having so cohabited for a period of at least one year or having a child together, or entering into a cohabitation agreement»).

Deputy Master Matthews agreed, he considered that as the act envisages the possibility of a couple who are divorced putting themselves back into the remit of the act by remarrying, why then should the person who cohabits (as opposed to remarries) not be entitled to bring claim under the status of cohabitant.

Whether you are getting married, entering into a civil partnership or are cohabiting with your partner, it is important to make sure that assets are preserved or distributed appropriately, particularly in the event that a relationship or marriage breaks down.

We simply state that the court should be alive to the conditions of the parties, including whether there were any circumstances of oppression, pressure, or other vulnerabilities, taking into account all of the circumstances, including those set out in s. 15.2 (4)(a) and (b)[the length of time the spouses cohabited, and the functions performed by each spouse during cohabitation] and the conditions under which the negotiations were held, such as their duration and whether there was professional assistance.

The Office for National Statistics recently revealed that the number of cohabiting couples has doubled over the past 20 years, to an astounding 5.9 million; 20 % of whom have no intention to marry or enter into a civil partnership in the future.

The issue before the court was the effect of a conveyance of a property into the joint names of a cohabiting couple that did not contain an explicit declaration of their respective beneficial interests.

The redress arrangements applies only to those qualified cohabitants whose relationship ends after the Act commenced on 1 January 2011, but the time spent cohabiting before that may be taken into account.

The real problem with cohabiting is that many couples who enter into it don't give it a lot of thought; it's one of those «just kind of happened» things.

Moving out of a cohabiting stepfamily into a single - mother family was not harmful and was actually associated with improvements in school engagement.

Abstract: Jane Waldfogel, Terry - Ann Craigie, and Jeanne Brooks - Gunn review recent studies that use data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) to examine why children who grow up in single - mother and cohabiting families fare worse than children born into married - couple households.

But for the goal of sustaining happiness as a semi-serious relationship potentially turns into a lifelong commitment, is there a benefit to cohabiting early on?

Covariates capturing parent characteristics included: (1) marital status using a dichotomised indicator of whether they were married / cohabiting or not; (2) employment status categorised into a binary indicator distinguishing whether the parent was in paid employment or not; and (3) presences of siblings whose youngest child was younger than 16.

For example, sociologists Wendy Manning and Pamela Smock conducted a qualitative study of cohabiting couples and found that over one half of couples who are living together didn't talk about it but simply slid into doing so.

For example, cohabiting couples more strongly endorsed items like «Little arguments escalate into ugly fights with accusations, criticisms, name - calling, or bringing up past hurts.»

Clearly people decide to cohabit for many reasons besides marriage (e.g., financial), and some even just «slide» into it, meaning that they gradually start living together out of convenience rather than because they are committed to each other.

Couples who cohabit prior to marriage because they want to «try things out» often adopt this approach because they already see some potential problems with long - term compatibility.4 It should come as no surprise then that these types of relationships are less than stable if they transition into a marital relationship (in fact, it's very likely that this «group» of cohabiters contributes a large degree to the finding that premarital cohabitation is bad for marriage).

She may dispense advice only to heterosexual, legally married couples or accept clients who are just cohabiting or fall into the gay, lesbian, transgender or transsexual categories.

Others wish not to get married but want to cohabit and enter into an agreement that outlines the cohabitants» rights and obligations to one another and each others assets.

Cessation: Unless otherwise agreed upon and incorporated into the judgment, an obligation to pay maintenance ceases upon the death of either party or the remarriage of the party receiving maintenance or if the party receiving maintenance cohabits with another person on a conjugal basis 5/510 (c).

If you're divorcing or dissolving your civil partnership, rather than separating as cohabiting partners, such collections could be taken into account as part of the «pot» of assets to be divided, unless they are of very low value.

Couple Premarital Behavior and Dynamics We examined 14 behaviors and dynamics related to the focal relationship as predictors of marital quality: age at marriage, length of relationship before marriage, whether the couple had a child or were pregnant together before marriage, whether they began their relationship with hooking up, whether the respondent had sexual relations with someone else while dating his / her future spouse or knew that his / her partner had, whether the respondent reported any physical aggression in the relationship before marriage, whether the couple cohabited before making a mutual commitment to marry, the degree to which the respondent reported sliding into living together vs. deciding to do so, whether the respondent perceived that he or she was more or less committed than the partner before marriage, whether the couple received premarital education, and whether the couple had a wedding, as well as how many people attended the wedding.

With respect to the impact of cohabitation on children, the movement of mothers into and out of cohabiting relationships significantly increases the likelihood of family instability for children, as well as poverty and other hardships.

Most domestic violence occurs in cohabitation not marriage; helping couples move from unstable cohabiting relationships into healthy marriage should reduce domestic violence.

But before couples sign a lease together, they would do well to ask themselves: Did we slide into the decision to move in together or did we decide to cohabit?

If you are a widowed person or a surviving civil partner who is not entitled to a Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's Contributory Pension, has not remarried or entered into a new civil partnership, has no dependent children and is not cohabiting, you may be eligible for a Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's Non-Contributory Pension.

You may be eligible for Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's Contributory Pension if you are widowed or a surviving civil partner, have not remarried or entered into a new civil partnership, and are not cohabiting.

Cohabitation status with children was classified into three categories: «cohabiting with married children,» «cohabiting with unmarried children,» and «not living with any children.»

Traditionalists tend to think cohabiting before marriage is a bad idea, and progressives are more likely to embrace it, but new research says that's not the best way to approach the question: The important thing is how couples make the leap into a shared life.

For instance, among those who cohabited, couples who decided to live together before marriage in an intentional way are more likely to enjoy happy marriages, compared to couples who just slid into cohabitation before marriage.

A recent Bowling Green State University study of the motives for cohabitation found that young men and women who choose to cohabit are seeking alternatives to marriage and ways of testing a relationship to see if it might be safely transformed into a marriage — with both rationales clearly shaped by a fear of divorce.

«Family type» classified into married two - parent families, cohabiting two - parent families and single - parent families.