Property division in a divorce depends on whether the state follows community property or common law rules. In community ...

If a person is in common-law marriage, they are ineligible for the deduction. (Mainichi/Tsuyoshi Yamada) TOKYO -- Common-law marriage refers to a relationship in which couples have not filed for ...

For one, the financial protection that marriage affords over simply cohabiting is a strong incentive. With marriage comes benefits, such as inheritance tax reliefs, as well as inheriting most or all ...

When it dawned on me that I had left my finances, and therefore my future, unprotected, I felt two things: a great sense of ...

When it dawned on me that I had left my finances and, therefore, my future unprotected, I felt two things: a great sense of ...

TOKYO -- Common-law marriage refers to a relationship in which couples have not filed for marriage at government offices but ...

Some 83% of Japanese companies in a recent Mainichi Shimbun survey say they strongly or moderately agree that diversity, ...

A term often encountered in estate planning but generally not always that well understood, is the “massing” of estates. In ...

Life changes can have a big impact on your taxes. Whether you’ve recently tied the knot, gone through a separation or are ...

Solicitors have warned that unmarried couples are “vulnerable to severe financial risks” without proper legal protection.

The law also prescribes that the only way to dissolve a marriage is through divorce ... at any stage – the institution of “common law marriage.” The state defines such couples as those ...