article_snippet.sent: A fixed-term Starter Marriage, in which couples sign a renewable contract - known as a 'wedlease'- would work better for many couples, argues Susan Pease Gadoua.
article_snippet.sent: A relationship expert has suggested that a renewable marriage contract known as a 'wedlease' would work better for many modern day couples and avoid increasing divorces .
article_snippet.sent: So, instead of promising 'til death do us part', couples in a Starter Marriage agree to be together for 'two, three, four or more years –
article_snippet.sent: At the end of the stated contract period, the couple decide whether the couple want to go the couple separate ways, or continue with a Starter Marriage, at which point the couple should draw up a revised contract. '
article_snippet.sent: If the couple stay together, the new contract could be amended to fit another of the specific marital models that Mrs Pease Gadoua advocates.
article_snippet.sent: For example, if they want children, they could sign a 'a Starter Marriage by its nature contract (couples should remain childless while in a Starter Marriage 'because it's a bad idea to 'try on' marriage with young lives in the balance'), with new rules and goals.
article_snippet.sent: Having a Starter Marriage with a contract, however, will. '
article_snippet.sent: If people are going to continue to see marriage that way, then, yes – a renewable contract is going to create quite a bit of angst for many of people.'
article_snippet.sent: Time-limited, in that Couple agree to stay together for a specific period, e.g. until the youngest child has reached 18, or graduated from university.
highlights_snippet.sent: Susan Pease Gadoua suggests a fixed-term starter marriage of up to a four year contract .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: At the end the couple decide whether to renew the couple contract .