This document contains general comments on drafting a cohabitation agreement for couples living together without the benefit of matrimony. It also includes a cohabitation agreement and numerous clauses that may be included in the agreement, such as residency, financial support, out-of-wedlock child, and responsibility for housing costs.
Connecticut Cohabitation Agreements
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A domestic partner can be broadly defined as an unrelated and unmarried person who shares common living quarters with an employee and lives in a committed, intimate relationship that is not legally defined as marriage by the state in which the partners reside.
So yes, you can write your own cohabitation agreement. Although it is possible to write your own cohabitation contract you should be aware of certain important pre-contract conditions that must be met to make your agreement legally enforceable.
The term domestic partnership applies to a legal relationship in which two people reside together without becoming formally married and are not married. People who live together in domestic partnerships are entitled to survivorship, hospital visitation, and other benefits.
Like most valid contracts, to be legally binding, a cohabitation agreement needs to include both party's names and addresses. It needs to be signed by each party and it is a good idea to also have the agreement notarized.
While there is no common law marriage in Connecticut, many people still live together sharing resources and raising families together.
Components of a Cohabitation AgreementThe date that the parties are entering into the agreement. The name of the parties and the state where they live. A statement that the parties are consensually entering into the agreement to live together. The date the parties began to live together.
Illicit Cohabitation is an offense committed by an unmarried man and woman who live together as husband and wife and engage in sexual intercourse. This offense, where it still exists, is rarely prosecuted.
Neither Connecticut nor federal law uses the term domestic partner or similar terms. Hawaii and Massachusetts have adopted provisions dealing with domestic partners, although neither uses this specific term.
In most states that recognize it, there are four common requirements to establish a common law marriage: You must live together, have the capacity to marry (you are not married to someone else), intend to be married and hold yourself out to friends and family as being a married couple.
If you have a civil union (or registered domestic partnership) from another state, Public Act 09-13 clarifies that Connecticut will grant you the same rights and benefits, and hold you to the same responsibilities, as a married couple in Connecticut.
