Legal Issues
Learn how to change your name, file for divorce, and handle other legal matters that face some newlyweds.
Get answers to all your questions about how to change your name after you get married.
Find out whether a post-nuptial agreement, a contract that stipulates how to divide your money and assets should you divorce or separate, is right for you and your husband or wife.
Find out about the most important legal documents married people should have completed -- wills, living wills, and power of attorney.
Even some newlyweds realize that their marriage was a mistake. Find out what to do if your marriage -- regardless of how young -- is failing and you have to file for divorce.
Thinking about changing your last name now that you're married? Find out what you need to do to change it -- and why waiting until after the honeymoon is best.
Determine the difference between legal separation and divorce and if either is right for you.
Now that you're married, you must learn how to file a joint tax return or risk legal hot water.
Getting married means taking responsibility for one another. As difficult as it might be, you have to consider and discuss how you'd like your spouse to care for you when faced with a life-threatening illness or trauma. First, you'll need to know what a living will is and how to use it.