Cohabitation

“Cohabitants” are defined as a man and a woman who although are not married to each other, are living together as husband and wife.  Cohabitants are recognised by the law but are not provided with the same protection as married couples.  The court’s powers in relation to cohabitants and same sex couples are considerably limited. 

Contrary to popular belief there is no such thing as a “common law spouse”.  A cohabitant does not acquire automatic rights to the other’s property or assets owned by the other no matter how long they have lived together.  This applies during their lifetime and after their death.  There is no duty to maintain each other.  Rights do not become acquired after 2 or 7 or any number of years of cohabitation. 

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Mark Sage
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Email: marksage@mogers.co.uk