palimony

[LMG44]

do massachusetts and/or florida have palimony laws? what do the laws say about the ability of a partner to make a claim on the other's estate? how long do they have to have been living together?

 

[lawrat]

I am a law school graduate. What I offer is mere information, not to be construed as forming an attorney client relationship.

Massachusetts:
http://www.state.ma.us/legis/laws/mgl/208-17.htm

http://www.state.ma.us/legis/laws/mgl/gl-208-toc.htm

Palimony.
Payments similar to alimony made to a former co-habitator (not recognized in Massachusetts).

Florida:

http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/exams/stnltfm2.html