Yonni and Kayla have been together for 15 years. They’re unmarried but they’ve combined their money and freely share their assets, even though only one of them has the house in their name and one of them has the car in theirs. Is this set up financially smart in the long run? Or does it benefit one over the other?

Family lawyer Heather Hansen, partner at McCarthy Hansen & Company LLP, shares how getting married may affect your finances for better or for worse.

This episode was produced by Ghada Alsharif, Julia De Laurentiis Johnston, Sean Pattendon, Kevin Sexton and Andrea Varsany

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