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Dear Abby: Marriage of Convenience Would Come With Better Benefits
DEAR ABBY: I am a gay man. My friend "Brian" and I have known each other for 10 years. We dated for a while, but realized we are better off as friends. We have lived together for the past several years and are now considering getting married because my job has better benefits. My question is, is a marriage of convenience legal? -- GOING TO THE CHAPEL?
DEAR GOING: Marriages of convenience have been happening since the institution of marriage was invented. That said, however, this is a question you should address to a lawyer to make sure that if you decide to marry Brian, you'll be going to the chapel instead of going to the hoosegow for insurance fraud.
DEAR GOING: Marriages of convenience have been happening since the institution of marriage was invented. That said, however, this is a question you should address to a lawyer to make sure that if you decide to marry Brian, you'll be going to the chapel instead of going to the hoosegow for insurance fraud.
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2. Unless the LW's company has a definition of marriage beyond "entered into the legal institution of by the laws of your state/province/country," should there be any issue? People get and remain married for all kinds of reasons. IANAL, and it never hurts to get legal advice, but if we started imposing other requirements*, things would get complicated really quickly.
*Yes, I realize we do something like that for immigration, but still.
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Hm, that would make a very interesting foeyay fanfic.... ^~^
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"I refuse to let Ultraspecialamazing man be done in by lack of prostate screening. If I have to have them so does he mwahahaha!!!!"
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... 90% for health insurance and the last 10% was so the small human could have a second legal parent. They consider each other queerplatonic soulmates, but both are in romantic/sexual relationships with other people. I'm pretty sure that friend's employer even KNOWS this is why they got married. Nobody seems to care.
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My thought is practical and legal, but not the way you're thinking: make sure you keep who owns what in mind and agreed upon, in case you want to divorce later...