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Law Practice

Dec. 29, 2011

Cohabitation contracts on the rise

As more couples opt to live together before marriage, more are seeking contracts to define their legal rights in case they break up.


By Susan McRae


Daily Journal Staff Writer


As more couples opt to live together and marry later, a growing number are seeking divorce lawyers to draw up cohabitation contracts that define their legal rights in the event they break up.


Certified family law specialist Ronald M. Supancic of The Law Collaborative said that four decades ago when he first set up shop cohabitation contracts - the alternative to prenuptial agreements - were nonexisten...

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