Cohabitation and your cash: what are your rights

As a cohabiting couple you may think that you have financial rights as a 'common-law spouse' but this myth won't protect you should the relationship disintegrate.

It is often mistakenly thought that couples who live together, or cohabit, for a certain period of time automatically receive the same rights as married couples, who are bound by law to split assets evenly in the event of a divorce no matter what contribution was made by the parties.