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- 4 de Dic, 2018
Massachusetts does not recognize common law marriages, instead the state will acknowledge cohabitation agreements. From my research, this must be a written document to be acknowledged as legal, it can’t just be an oral agreement.Does it change since they are not married and she is not offically disabled? When she discusses marriage that was the guy before him which kind of had the same ending as this has only Jeremy was not stupid enough to marry her.
Cohabitation agreements are contracts made by unmarried people who live (or plan to live) together. In 1998 the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled for the first time that “unmarried cohabitants may lawfully contract concerning property, financial, and other matters relevant to their relationship. Such a contract is subject to the rules of contract law and is valid even if expressly made in contemplation of a common living arrangement….” (Wilcox v. Trautz, 427 Mass. 326, 332.)
A cohabitation agreement must be in writing to be valid. However, “if the parties eventually were to marry, the [cohabitation] agreement is no longer valid, and the rules concerning antenuptial, postnuptial, or separation agreements will then govern any agreement thereafter entered into by them.” (Wilcox at 332, footnote 4.)
A cohabitation agreement must be in writing to be valid. However, “if the parties eventually were to marry, the [cohabitation] agreement is no longer valid, and the rules concerning antenuptial, postnuptial, or separation agreements will then govern any agreement thereafter entered into by them.” (Wilcox at 332, footnote 4.)


