Perspective: Marriage is a Contract

It has become a "trend" nowadays that many couples "live-in" together and established "a family" structure that is not registered lawfully.

The "husband" stays in the "family" as long as there is "love" still in the air, and might just vanish whenever he feels that he has enough of being part of the "family".

Then, the "wife" automatically has to take all the responsibilities of providing shelter, food and every-need-there-is for the "off-springs" that happen to arrive in the relationship.

The "wife" cannot claim for child-support from the "husband" because there was not a legal marriage contract signed in the first place.

A marriage registration, a wedding vow - IS a CONTRACT.

It is a contract, where stated, two people are tied together to build a family structure and have a full responsibility of the welfare of that family.

That is the beauty of a legal family institution - where husband and wife each has responsibilities to carry. Should either of them fail to observe the responsibilities, then, the law will get them somehow - either civil or religious law enforcements.

Ever thought what "RESPONSIBILITY" means? It means "Ability to Respond" wisely and timely when required.

So, in other word, nowadays people are becoming more and more selfish and IRRESPOSIBLE? It goes both way - either the female or the male counterpart - it is the phobia of being tied to rules and regulations or any kind of law that make this an unhealthy social trend.

In the beautiful legal family institution, the family stays together for the better or for the worse. Nobody can run away without facing any consequences for the cowardice.

Like in business, there must be a contract set in place to ensure that no party is harassed in whatever possible ways.

Putting it in other perspective, a woman who allows a man to "live-in" together as a family unit, and consumed the responsibilities of a "wife" without any legal contract is clearly allowing herself to the risk of future mental harassment, once she is no longer needed (for whatever reason) - this is where the law can not help her to claim any damages for any loss she acquire during the relationship and cannot claim the child support benefits from that man when he choose to simply vanish in the thin air....

Inheritance? There's no way to claim without that CONTRACT.