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Having Children with Your Unmarried Partner: How to Protect Yourself and Your Children

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Several of our women clients are in committed, unmarried relationships, and have had or plan to have kids with their partners. Having kids with a partner you’re not married to is simply different than being married to the partner (co-parent), and I want to make sure you fully protect yourself and your child.

Are you in a committed, but unmarried, partnership? You need to think about a few things.

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A lot of our clients are in committed, unmarried relationships. Sometimes we work with only one member of the couple. Sometimes we work with both members. Most couples haven’t thought about the effects of their decision to remain unmarried.

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