Cohabitation - sustany/dvg GitHub Wiki

Cohabitation is used primarily to denote the arrangement between two individuals who live together, either as spouses or unmarried partners.�

Some common uses of the term �cohabitation� in a legal sense include:

1. Cohabitation in the context of marriage as explained in cases such as this one from California, means the �mutual assumption of marital rights, duties and obligations which are manifested by married people, including but not limited to sexual relations.�

2. Cohabitation in the context of termination of alimony as explained in this case from Pennsylvania, requires a showing of financial, social and sexual interdependence between two people, by living in the same residence or by other means; however, infrequent sexual association does not constitute cohabitation.�

3. Cohabitation agreement is a contract explaining the property and financial arrangement between people who live together.�