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Marriage & Union
  • What You Need to Know About Marriage and Money
  • Planning and Financing Your Wedding
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Marriage & Union

Getting married changes your financial life including bank accounts, prenups, QDROs and other issues. Learn how to handle property, loan contracts, and the pros and cons of being married.

Marriage & Union
  • What You Need to Know About Marriage and Money
  • Planning and Financing Your Wedding
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    How to Build Your Wedding Budget
  • Wedding chairs set up on tropical beach with palm trees
    Pros and Cons of Destination Weddings
  • Engaged couple signing a contract
    How to Read a Wedding Services Contract
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    Keeping Your Name After Marriage
  • Rainbow flags at U.S. Supreme Court
    LGBTQ+ Marriage and Personal Finance
  • Managing Money as a Newly Married Couple
  • Form 8857: Request for Innocent Spouse Relief Definition
  • Dual Income, No Kids (DINK) Definition
  • 5 Signs You Need a Postnup
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    Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts (IDFA)
  • Create a Pain-Free Postnuptial Agreement
  • The Tax Benefits of Having a Spouse
  • Retirement: The Best Timing Strategies for Couples
  • Internal Revenue Service Building
    Married Filing Separately Definition
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    Gift Splitting Definition
  • Innocent-Spouse Rule
  • A pair of gold wedding rings.
    What You Need to Know About Marriage and Money
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    How to Save and Plan for a Wedding
  • Marital Trust Definition
  • Joint Owned Property Definition
  • Postnuptial Agreement Definition
  • Uniform Premarital and Marital Agreements Act
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    Equitable Distribution Definition
  • Prenuptial Agreement
  • What to Do Before Marrying: Saver vs. Spender
  • What to Do Before Marrying: Student Debt
  • Does Marrying Someone With Bad Credit Affect My Credit Score?
  • Prenup vs. Postnup: How Are They Different?
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    5 Financial Considerations for Later-in-Life Marriage
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    Who Pays for What in a Wedding?
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    The Four Cs of Buying Diamonds: Definition
  • Groom Putting Ring on Bride’s Finger
    Should You Insure Your Wedding Rings?
  • Why Marriage Makes Financial Sense
  • The Economics of a Successful Marriage
  • How to Create a Budget With Your Spouse
  • Top 6 Marriage-Killing Money Issues
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    How a Financial Planner Can Save Your Marriage
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    What Caused America's Wave of Financial Infidelity?
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    How to Stop Fighting About Money
  • Marital Property Definition
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    Marriage vs. Common Law Marriage: What's the Difference?
  • Community Property State Definition
  • Postnuptial Agreements: Popular, but Enforceable?
  • Newlyweds: 6 Money-Saving Tips for Filing Your Tax Return
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    What You Should Know About Same-Sex Marriage Tax Benefits
  • Happily Married? File Taxes Separately!
  • Marriage Penalty Definition
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