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Florida law distinguishes separate property from marital property in a divorce, though there can only be rights to marital property if you are married. Unmarried couples are not considered to have shared property unless both partners are listed as owners.

Living together with someone is sometimes also called cohabitation. Generally speaking, you will have fewer rights if you're living together than if you're married.

Also referred to as domestic partnership agreement, a cohabitation agreement in Florida is a legally binding document founded on contract law that establishes financial stability before a couple decides to move in together and combine their life and assets.

What is cohabiting? Cohabiting is when a couple lives together before marriage (or civil partnership) or instead of marrying or entering into a civil partnership. If you're living with your partner, and you're not married or in a civil partnership, you're a cohabiting couple.

Cohabitation. n. living together in the same residence, generally either as husband and wife or for an extended period of time as if the parties were married. Cohabitation implies that the parties are having sexual intercourse while living together, but the definition would not apply to a casual sexual encounter.

What to include in a cohabitation agreement: Individual assets which belong to each party ? savings, investments etc. Shared assets and debts ? joint property and/or mortgages & loans. The intention of how assets and debts should be divided if the cohabiting relationship ends.