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Modification is appropriate when a cohabitant contributes to support of a dependent spouse

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April 4, 2011 at 5:35 pm

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Cohabitation is more than a mere romantic, casual or social relationship but has stability, permanency and mutual interdependence

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March 28, 2011 at 10:08 am

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A mere dating or romantic relationship is not alone sufficient to cause a termination of alimony

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February 9, 2011 at 5:35 pm

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Ordinarily, modifications of support orders are made based on changed circumstances; this includes the changed circumstances resulting from the dependent spouse’s cohabitation

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November 10, 2010 at 2:51 pm

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Modification for changed circumstances resulting from cohabitation applies only if one cohabitant supports or subsidizes the other under circumstances sufficient to entitle the supporting spouse to relief

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November 3, 2010 at 10:46 am

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The critical factor is not the cohabitation itself, but rather the extent of actual economic dependency that arises from the cohabitation

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September 22, 2010 at 3:56 pm

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It is impermissible for the court to assume in advance, and in the absence of a factual context, that cohabitation would eliminate the former spouse’s need

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May 3, 2010 at 5:06 pm

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Where the parties have not provided otherwise by agreement, alimony may be modified based on changed circumstances resulting from cohabitation only if one cohabitant supports or subsidizes the other under circumstances sufficient to entitle the supporting spouse to relief

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February 4, 2010 at 12:45 pm

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A dependent spouse’s cohabitation with another party has been recognized as changed circumstances warranting modification of a support obligation

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January 12, 2010 at 11:52 am

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Consensual agreements and judicial decrees as to spousal support are reviewed under the same standard of changed circumstances

August 6, 2009 at 12:44 pm

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