A person who cohabits with another.
1 While a spouse pays no inheritance tax on the death of a partner, a cohabitee does.
2 A cohabitee , even with children, may have no financial claim against an ex-partner's house, no matter how long they have been together.
3 For the first time, the law on barring and protection orders is extended to include cohabitees and their children.
4 In fact, the vast majority of breakups involving children in recent years has occurred among cohabitees instead of married couples.
5 The relevant provision does not affect married couples, only unmarried cohabitees who co-own a property with the deeds in their joint names.
6 For example, cohabitees do not have the same access to courts when separating, or the legal right to inheritance when one partner dies.
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