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Cohabitation
169 published works
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Parental union and its patrimony: new considerations for practitioners
Implications span cohabitation agreements, property rights, estates and separation
Lawdiva's Blog
90/10 Means 90/10: How the Ontario Court of Appeal Unravelled the Stacy v. Vey Award
Shelley-Anne Stacey and William Vey lived together for three and a half years. They never married and had no children. The court described their union as “unstable” with periods of…
Hawley, Kaufman & Kautzer, S.C. Blog
Modifying Spousal Support in Wisconsin: Income Changes & Cohabitation
By Hawley, Kaufman & Kautzer, S.C. Staff
What you need to know when your ex files to change your spousal support (maintenance) order. You’ve been served. Just a few years after the divorce, your ex Dan has…
Herold Gie News
LOVE ENDS, CO-OWNERSHIP DOESN’T: THE HIGH COURT REAFFIRMS THE RIGHT TO WALK AWAY
By HGAdmin
The purchase of immovable property by unmarried couples is more than a property shared between them, but it represents a home in which they intend to build a life together.…
Herston on Tennessee Family Law
The Marriage License Matters More Than People Think
By K.O. Herston
Every family lawyer has heard some version of the same story.A couple lives together for years. They buy a home. One partner sacrifices career opportunities to help raise children, support…
A Lawyer Writes
Defining cohabitation
If parliament gives enforceable legal rights to cohabitants in England and Wales, how should it define cohabitation? That seems to be emerging in one of the most difficult issues raised…
Legal Futures Blog
Unregulated divorce service poised to launch law firm
By Neil Rose
Woolley: Firm built on technologyWell-known divorce and separation service amicable – which markets itself as an alternative to solicitors – is to enter regulation for the first time by setting…
A Lawyer Writes
Getting out of the cohabit
If two people live together for a while — and perhaps share a child — does that give them the same sort of rights as a married couple or civil…
A Lawyer Writes
There must be a better way
A former president of the High Court family division has welcomed recent government initiatives on cohabitation and children in care. But in a wide-ranging lecture on family law called “There…
Jotwell
Who Wants What?
John Morley & Yair Listokin, What Should You Owe Your Ex? A Survey of Attitudes About the Law of Married and Cohabiting Relationships (Mar. 14, 2026) (unpublished manuscript), available at…