What is cohabitition regarding family law?

[barclay76]

N whats its pros n cons, its rules n limitations. Whether divorcing or separation is okay between a couple or stay together under one roof with restricted rules for kids will b fine? I need to know before divorcing or taking any other step before leaving my husband? Im thinking over other options because of kids being attached with their dad.
P.S: hes a big time cheater n womaniser.

Pls tell me according to the UK law?

[caelin]

In UK law cohabitation means living with a partner, as a couple, without actually getting married to them. Are you planning to move out and straight in with someone else? Or are you talking about an arrangement with your current partner where you no longer live as a couple, but share the same house? That isn't called cohabitation - just property sharing, with effectively two households living in one property, and sharing some facilities.

Please be much clearer about what you want to know.

[baigh]

Co habiting is the same as "common law man and wife"

Common-law marriage, sometimes spelled without a hyphen and also known as sui juris marriage, informal marriage or marriage by habit and repute; is an irregular form of marriage that can be legally contracted in an extremely limited number of jurisdictions and is universally recognized as a valid marriage.

Common law marriage should not be confused with non-marital relationship contracts, which involves two people living together without holding themselves out to the world as spouses and/or without legal recognition as spouses in the jurisdiction where the contract was formed. Non-marital relationship contracts are not necessarily recognized from one jurisdiction to another whereas common law marriages are, by definition, legally valid marriages worldwide - provided the parties complied with the requirements to form a valid marriage while living in a jurisdiction that still allows this irregular form of marriage to be contracted - as was historically the case under the common law of England (hence the name, "common law marriage").

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common-law_marriage