People may assume marriage is a compulsory stage in life while some may feel that cohabitation equals to marriage, disregarding marriage. Marriage and cohabitation differ in the aspect of its legal status, the death and legality of inheritance and the consequences that their children may face. Firstly, the difference between marriage and cohabitation is its legal status of acceptance and acknowledgement. In marriage there is a legally registered certificate of marriage binding and acknowledged by the rule of law. Thereby, in a legal marriage, separation has its set of legal regulations and it has to be contested, proven and consented by law for any legally married couple to be separated. On the other hand, in cohabitation, it only depends on the consent of both parties agreeing to live as one like a married
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Married parents who are legally bonded by law with a sense of legal commitment are mostly more stable than cohabitation parents. In a verified finding, cohabiting parents’ kids are three times more likely to experience family dissolution than children born to married parents. (ElHage, 2015) Cohabiting relationships are normally fragile, unstable and at times can become complex due to its non-legality and non law-binding nature. Thus, the existence of a non-conducive home environment is almost inevitable in a cohabiting home as opposed to children of married parents who would enjoy a more stable family environment. Such unstable environment of cohabiting homes would normally lead to negative life-outcomes for their children. For example, cohabiting parents’ children usually fare worse in the social, psychological and educational.
In conclusion, although marriage and cohabitation differs mainly in its legal aspects, nevertheless both cohabitation and marriage is similar as both bind two people together for the love they have with mutual consent to build a
Married parents who are legally bonded by law with a sense of legal commitment are mostly more stable than cohabitation parents. In a verified finding, cohabiting parents’ kids are three times more likely to experience family dissolution than children born to married parents. (ElHage, 2015) Cohabiting relationships are normally fragile, unstable and at times can become complex due to its non-legality and non law-binding nature. Thus, the existence of a non-conducive home environment is almost inevitable in a cohabiting home as opposed to children of married parents who would enjoy a more stable family environment. Such unstable environment of cohabiting homes would normally lead to negative life-outcomes for their children. For example, cohabiting parents’ children usually fare worse in the social, psychological and educational.
In conclusion, although marriage and cohabitation differs mainly in its legal aspects, nevertheless both cohabitation and marriage is similar as both bind two people together for the love they have with mutual consent to build a