How Do I Prove I'm Not Cohabiting?
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There may be various ways to show evidence of non-cohabitation, such as oral testimony by witnesses, affidavits, bills addressed to separate addresses, etc. If you don't live together under the same roof, it generally isn't considered cohabitation.
Cohabitation is generally defined as two people living together as if a married couple. State laws vary in defining cohabitation. Some states have statutes which make cohabitation a criminal offense under adultery laws. Under one state's law, cohabitation means "regularly residing with an adult of the same or opposite sex, if the parties hold themselves out as a couple, and regardless of whether the relationship confers a financial benefit on the party receiving alimony. Proof of sexual relations is admissible but not required to prove cohabitation." Another state statute defines cohabitation as "the dwelling together continuously and habitually of a man and a woman who are in a private conjugal relationship not solemnized as a marriage according to law, or not necessarily meeting all the standards of a common-law marriage." Yet another state, Georgia, defines cohabitation as "dwelling together continuously and openly in a meretricious relationship with another person, regardless of the sex of the other person."
For further discussion, please see:
http://www.netmums.com/coffeehouse/house-garden-194/money-finance-entitlements-267/258016-what-counts-living-together.html
http://njfamilylaw.foxrothschild.com/tags/cohabitation/
http://www.nylegalupdate.com/2008/10/sex-cohabitation-divorce-spousal-support-and-video-tapes.html