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Well, then they don't meet the requirements for a common law marriage, because they are NOT cohabitating. Again, spending the weekends together is NOT cohabitating.
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Whatever.
Do you agree that the living "arrangement" by the ex-wife and her numb nutted lover is voluntarily constructed by both to "get around" the legal aspects in the divorce decree for the sole purpose of keeping this OP paying alimony?
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I don't get why, legally, cohabitation is required to end Alimony. I have a friend who lives in Las Vegas during the week while his wife lives in Los Angeles. One of them flies to where the other one is and they spend weekends together. They are one of the happiest married couples I know.
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I believe you should grow up if you can't see this sham. You know, sometimes I question if you are really that iqnorant.
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And you were MARRIED at the time. YOUR ex is NOT married. In order to prove a common law marriage you have to prove cohabitation. That is why cohabitation is important. Good grief are you just thick?
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I don't get why, legally, cohabitation is required to end Alimony. I have a friend who lives in Las Vegas during the week while his wife lives in Los Angeles. One of them flies to where the other one is and they spend weekends together. They are one of the happiest married couples I know.
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It should be about support. Not about where people live most of the time. I've seen couples who live in separate houses at least part of the time and, yet, support is provided.
There was a year while I was married that I worked during the week in Phoenix. How many truck drivers spend the week out of town? How many construction workers?
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Thank you for your replies. I really appreciate it.
I looked up some information on Common Law Marriage in Utah and found the following:
"Utah: For a common-law marriage, a man and woman must (1) be capable of giving consent and getting married; (2) cohabit; and (3) have a reputation of being husband and wife."
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I understand that my ex is not married. And, I understand that, under current law, I will probably have to continue paying alimony. What I was trying to say is that I don't think current law is fair in cases like mine.
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No, not even remotely.
He works somewhere that is 160 miles away from where she lives. They may have a committed relationship but the absolutely are NOT cohabitating. They are maintaining separate households....and can't even remotely be considered to be playing games.
They certainly aren't shareing household expenses...which is the whole point of cohabitation.
Grow up Bali..
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It doesn't matter...they are NOT cohabitating....he would just be wasting his money.
Now, if the kids tell him that the guy has moved in full time, that's a completely different story.
The whole issue of cohabitation is support. If someone is living with someone and supporting that person, then alimony could possibly be stopped. However, someone that is maintaining a separate household, 160 miles away, and living there MOST of the time, clearly isn't supporting the ex's household.
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I don't get why, legally, cohabitation is required to end Alimony. I have a friend who lives in Las Vegas during the week while his wife lives in Los Angeles. One of them flies to where the other one is and they spend weekends together. They are one of the happiest married couples I know.
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Originally Posted by FITFatherof2
Alimome, this is a longshot, but worth a try. If she has been with this guy for two years and the kids call him their step-father I would check school enrollment records and see if this bozo is listed as a contact for emergencies, or as a person who is able to pick the kids up from school. On most forms they ask to list the relationship to the child. I dont know what kind of proof you need to show they are cohabitating but I would consider hiring a private investigator.
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Because alimony is about SUPPORT. Cohabitation indicates that someone else is contributing to supporting the household.
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