When people are married, they are basically seen by many as a partnership in life, as they go through their lives together in a concerted effort to reach any number of different goals.  However, there are also many couples who are involved in partnerships in the technical and legal sense, and these married couples could be taking on a significant amount of legal risk by doing so.  This is particularly true if the couple ever decides that they need to pursue a divorce.

The recent marital problems being experienced by former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver have captivated the media for several days.  That’s because of the revelation that the former governor fathered a child out of wedlock approximately 14 years ago with the family’s former cleaning lady.  Now comes word that Ms. Shriver has hired a high profile California divorce lawyer to handle her legal affairs relating to this marriage.