Legal Question in Family Law in Maryland

I live in Maryland and am the recipient of a life estate in a house that my now deceased life partner and I bought. I can stay here forever unless I cohabit or marry, at which point the house must be sold. What does cohabit mean in this context? Is it limited to a full-time living together relationship (more or less full time, 7 days a week, 365 days a year), or does the term also applied to less "intense" or shorter periods of living with someone? What would the lower limit be to invoke the sale requirement?


Asked on 10/16/09, 3:54 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
G. Joseph Holthaus III Law Offices of G. Joseph Holthaus

Cohabitate tends to imply sexual interaction but merely living together may invoke the Last Will and Testament. I would need to know more about the situation.

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Answered on 10/21/09, 6:37 pm


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