{"id":83,"date":"2011-03-02T21:31:17","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T21:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scoresbyfamilylaw.com\/blog\/?p=83"},"modified":"2022-04-11T11:32:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T18:32:57","slug":"cohabitation-and-spousal-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scoresbyfamilylaw.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/02\/cohabitation-and-spousal-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"Cohabitation and Spousal Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scoresbyfamilylaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumbnailCAZGEF3S.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-672\" title=\"thumbnailCAZGEF3S\" src=\"http:\/\/scoresbyfamilylaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumbnailCAZGEF3S.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Absent contrary language in a court order or settlement agreement, the remarriage of a person receiving spousal maintenance terminates the spousal maintenance obligation as of the date of the remarriage. A.R.S. Sec. 25-327 B. Spousal maintenance does <strong>not<\/strong>, however, automatically terminate when the person receiving spousal maintenance begins cohabiting with a boyfriend or girlfriend. Cohabitation only terminates the spousal maintenance obligation if the agreement or court order specifically states so. Even then, there may be litigation as to what constitutes &#8220;cohabitation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Arizona Court of Appeals has held that what constitutes &#8220;cohabitation&#8221; involves consideration of many factors, several of which the Court outlined in its written opinion in <em>Chopin v. Chopin<\/em>, 224 Ariz. 425, 232 P.3d 99 (Ariz. App. Div. 1, 06\/03\/2010). A key factor is actually living together. When the two parties maintain separate residences and spend only approximately one night per week together, that probably does not constitute &#8220;cohabitation&#8221; sufficient to terminate a spousal maintenance order which delineates cohabitation as grounds to terminate the order. <em>Id.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2011, 2022 by Scoresby Family Law \u2013 J. Kyle Scoresby, P.C. 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