US financial systems that touch on tax breaks, home buying and other areas favor married couples. Here's what you can do. Dana Miranda is a certified educator in personal finance®, creator of the ...

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My life partner of 17 years and I want to create wills. He has two financially unstable adult children. I have no children. He has amassed fairly significant wealth ($4.5 million) in the form of ...