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Cohabitation

Home / I have been living with a woman for many years. Our relationship has soured of late and she has hinted at being entitled to part of my property. While neither of us is married to anyone else, I do have intimate relations with another woman, and have done so for years. Would this fact be in my favour and help to protect my rights if the woman I live with claims to be my common-law wife ?

I have been living with a woman for many years. Our relationship has soured of late and she has hinted at being entitled to part of my property. While neither of us is married to anyone else, I do have intimate relations with another woman, and have done so for years. Would this fact be in my favour and help to protect my rights if the woman I live with claims to be my common-law wife ?

By: דיאנה שאלתיאלPublished on: 27 June, 2022

No ! The Supreme Court has held that a man or woman can still have the status of a cohabitee even if one of them has intimate relations with someone else.


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