tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22617683.post8046692329405979077..comments2023-08-15T12:32:37.166+01:00Comments on The Landlord Law Blog: Runaway marriage - a better (and cheaper) optionTessa Sheppersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09661168506904640975noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22617683.post-17504677915137909402007-09-08T21:56:00.000+01:002007-09-08T21:56:00.000+01:00Of course, you have to be careful to marry the rig...Of course, you have to be careful to marry the right person ...Tessa Sheppersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09661168506904640975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22617683.post-58254991357680077382007-08-21T13:37:00.000+01:002007-08-21T13:37:00.000+01:00"And if you divorce there is a court who can, if n..."And if you divorce there is a court who can, if needed, supervise the fair division of your possessions and make provision for the care of the children. Maybe these things do not work as well as they could all the time, but they are generally there to facilitate the family and fairness."<BR/><BR/>You've never got divorced have you? <BR/><BR/>The divorce system is so disastrously unfair as to present sufficient reason NEVER to get married.<BR/><BR/>The phrase "fair division of YOUR possessions" (my capitals) is typical. Why should MY possessions, including my house, be divided? If the courts divided joint possessions and let each party keep their own it might be fairer. <BR/><BR/>Given this blog is aimed at landlords, look at it like this: how would you like to have half (or more) of your portfolio that you have spent years building up given away to someone you've been married to for only two years, as a reward for their having had sex with someone else?<BR/><BR/>As it is, marriage should be avoided at all costs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com