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*Keep separate bank accounts and avoid joint purchases whenever possible.
*Keep separate bank accounts and avoid joint purchases whenever possible.
*Make sure your partner maintains his or her financial situation independently of you and doesn't drop out of the workforce to become a homemaker or stay at home parent.
*Make sure your partner maintains his or her financial situation independently of you and doesn't drop out of the workforce to become a homemaker or stay at home parent.
*Pay your partner for any work he or she does for you, like renovating a room or working in your business.
*Pay your partner for any work he or she does for you, like renovating a room or working in your business. However, that pay should be about what you'd pay an independent contractor to do the same work. Be sure to keep records of everything you've paid your spouse.


You can find out more about how unmarried couples who aren't spouses may decide to divide property in the chapter [[Property & Debt in Family Law Matters]].
You can find out more about how unmarried couples who aren't spouses may decide to divide property in the chapter [[Property & Debt in Family Law Matters]].




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