Unmarried Couples Need Estate Planning

All adults in Oklahoma have the ability to marry, but not all unmarried couples have the desire to marry.  Regardless, if you co-own property (bank accounts, real estate or other interests), you need to appropriately protect each other in the event of death or the incapacity of either partner.  For example, if two people live together, have a clear understanding of their housing arrangement, but the house is legally owned by only one partner, without the right documents in place, if the legal owner died, the survivor would likely have no rights to his or her home.   That uncertainty can be eliminated with simple estate planning.
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