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Cohabitation and Living Together Agreements (view source)
Revision as of 00:32, 9 March 2013
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*A cohabitation agreement must be set out in writing. | *A cohabitation agreement must be set out in writing. | ||
*The agreement must be signed by each party, and should be signed in the presence of a witness. | *The agreement must be signed by each party, and should be signed in the presence of a witness. | ||
*The parties | *The parties should be under a legal disability. | ||
*The agreement must clearly identify the parties and the nature of their rights and obligations to one another. | *The agreement must clearly identify the parties and the nature of their rights and obligations to one another. | ||
In addition to these simple formalities of a proper family law agreement, certain principles of contract law | In addition to these simple formalities of a proper family law agreement, you might want to think about certain other principles of contract law like these: | ||
*The parties must each enter into the agreement of their own free will, without any coercion or duress by the other party, or by anyone else for that matter. | *The parties must each enter into the agreement of their own free will, without any coercion or duress by the other party, or by anyone else for that matter. | ||