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Cohabitation agreement alberta templateCohabitation Agreement • March 28th, 2021
A cohabitation agreement is a legal document in Alberta between two people in a common law relationship, or what’s legally referred to as an ‘adult interdependent relationship’. It follows many of the same principles of a ‘prenuptial agreement’. Cohabitation agreements set out all the rights and obligations of two people whose relationship can be classified as adult interdependent. Most commonly these agreements decide who gets what and pays for what in the event of a break up. However they can set out rights and obligations during the relationship as well. For instance, they outline how shared assets will be distributed in the event of a separation between common law partners. Or they decide terms within a relationship such as who pays for what, who is responsible for what, who owns what, and so on. Who can have a cohabitation agreement? Under Alberta law, you must be in an ‘Adult Interdependent Relationship’ to be eligible for cohabitation agreements. Sometimes this is referred to as
