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Home / My boyfriend is in jail. I would like to get permission to stay overnight with him in a special area designed for husbands and wives, so that we can have intimate relations . If I tell the prison authorities that we are common law spouses could this be to my detriment later , as I own my apartment ?

My boyfriend is in jail. I would like to get permission to stay overnight with him in a special area designed for husbands and wives, so that we can have intimate relations . If I tell the prison authorities that we are common law spouses could this be to my detriment later , as I own my apartment ?

By: דיאנה שאלתיאלPublished on: 27 June, 2022

Quite possibly – it could boomerang, being advantageous in the short term, allowing the couple to gain privacy in prison , but could prove detrimental in the long run by helping him to prove he is entitled to rights in his girlfriend’s property by virtue of his status as a cohabitee !


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