Although the Kansas Supreme Court has
defined cohabitation as a couple living together outside of marriage but assuming the rights and duties generally held by married persons, the child custody factors do not specifically define cohabitation.
The Cohabitation Rights Bill
defines cohabitation as two people (A and B) in a relationship, who are not married or civil partners of each other, or within prohibited degrees of relationship, and who:
Parents may also choose to include provisions in their parenting plan or divorce decree that
define cohabitation and explain how a future cohabitation might effect the agreement.
Not exact matches
The school advises students that «
cohabitation, which is
defined as overnight visits with a sexual partner, is incompatible both with the Catholic character of the University and with the rights of the roommates.»
Hirnschall said the results made the group think long and hard about how to
define a «couple» — be it
cohabitation, marriage, or just a long - term relationship — as well as the logistical questions of how to compel partners to come forward for testing and how to calculate how many people in the world would be eligible for this approach, called treatment as prevention.
The CRA
defines a common - law relationship as 12 months of
cohabitation, but Alberta law
defines it as not less than three years.
§ 20-3-150 which
defines «continued
cohabitation» as when «the supported spouse resides with another person in a romantic relationship for a period of ninety or more consecutive days....»
However, no such exemption applies to common - law spouses (
defined by federal legislation as one who is «cohabiting with the individual in a conjugal relationship having so cohabited for a period of at least one year or having a child together, or entering into a
cohabitation agreement»).
A
cohabitation agreement can help regulate and
define what is to happen if the relationship does break down.
In 2002, the South Carolina legislature amended S.C. Code § 20-3-150 to
define the «continued
cohabitation» necessary to terminate -LSB-...]
Given the fact that there's so much variability in
defining what
cohabitation is, it may not make sense to lump all cohabitating couples into one group.
Domestic violence, also known as domestic abuse, spousal abuse, family violence, and intimate partner violence (IPV), can be broadly
defined as a pattern of abusive behaviors by one or both partners in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family, friends, or
cohabitation.