not really.

all the legal documents need to be clear that both own the property or any assets.  I had a colleague who lived with her ex-BF for 11 years.  They bought a lot of things together, but under the guy's name.  One day, that guy had a heart attack on his way to work.  My colleague went to claim the property only to find that his kids automatically inherited all of them, including the car she bought for him.  When she went to claim the Social Security money, she was told that she was not qualified coz her annual income from the year before exceeded the maximum limit to claim the money.  She later moved to Florida to stay with her daughter.

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• 看来该结婚还是要结婚，所谓名正才能言顺。 -cecillia- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/06/2011 postreply 21:17:42

• They can put both names under shared property. -MJ2001- ♀ (133 bytes) () 11/06/2011 postreply 21:19:35

• did not expect that the guy would die of heart attack -MJ2001- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/06/2011 postreply 21:21:30

• didn't have time, I think. He was going to change it. -MJ2001- ♀ (94 bytes) () 11/06/2011 postreply 21:25:11

• also, did not expect that those hidden kids -MJ2001- ♀ (40 bytes) () 11/06/2011 postreply 21:22:25

• He had three kids. They were basically white trash by social no -MJ2001- ♀ (282 bytes) () 11/06/2011 postreply 21:27:39

• told you it was an accident. otherwise, he was going to change t -MJ2001- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/06/2011 postreply 21:31:01