A Nevada cohabitation agreement is a contract between unmarried people who live together. It lays out terms such as how assets are to be divided in the event of a break-up. A couple can enforce a cohabitation agreement in court with a so-called “palimony” suit.
In Nevada, it does not matter how long a couple may have lived together, what their future intent is or if their friends think they are married. Nevada does not recognize common law marriage, and a divorce lawyer can't change the law. If there is no marriage, there can be no divorce.
Nevada law rejects a gender preference in custody determinations. The court won't order custody for a child on the basis of the gender of a parent.
This CRA website also covers it... Once you're conjugal at the same residence for 12 months, or have a child together (bio or adoption) you're considered common law.
In Nevada, it does not matter how long a couple may have lived together, what their future intent is or if their friends think they are married. Nevada does not recognize common law marriage, and a divorce lawyer can't change the law. If there is no marriage, there can be no divorce.
Nevada does not have common law marriage, so absent you holding yourself out as a married couple, it is unlikely in Nevada that he gets any rights to your estate if you do not marry. Though nothing stops someone from suing regardless. A good estate plan is necessary.
If a couple is already married or registered in another state, they still must register in the state of Nevada in order for the state to recognize them as domestic partners. (Married people do not need to get married again or register in order to be recognized as a married couple).
Marriage in Nevada is a civil contract requiring the consent of each party and a formal ceremony before witnesses known as “solemnization.” Nevada does not recognize common-law marriages begun after March 29, 1943.
A domestic partner affidavit is a declaration made by a couple to acknowledge that they are engaged in a domestic partnership under state law. This gives each partner special rights (such as hospital visitation, inheritance, etc.) without being legally married.