Many of us are familiar with the English wedding rhyme that describes what a bride should wear on her wedding day for good luck:
Something old,
Something new,
Something borrowed,
Something blue,
And a silver sixpence in her shoe.
As cohabitation before marriage continues to rise, now, more than ever, a bride’s something new may be her pregnancy.
In fact, nearly 20 percent of women experience a pregnancy in the first year of their premarital cohabitation.
Under Illinois law, parties must freely …