palimony
Cohabitation breakup payment
Palimony is financial support paid by one partner to another after the end of a long-term relationship in which the couple was not married.
The term blends "pal" with "alimony" and emerged in the 1970s from a famous lawsuit involving actor Lee Marvin.
Unlike alimony, palimony has no automatic legal standing and typically requires proof of an agreement between partners.
She sued for palimony after their fifteen-year relationship ended.
Dwelling together unmarried
- unmarriedNot legally wed
- live-inResiding at work
- nonmaritalOutside wedlock
- domestic partnershipNonmarital cohabiting relationship
common-law · long-term · romantic · intimacy · companionship · cohabitants · partners · separation
Civil court proceeding
- litigationLegal dispute process
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- defendantParty facing charges
- court orderBinding judicial directive
judgment · precedent · civil suit · legal action · enforceable · implied contract · oral agreement · breach of promise
To uphold or sustain
- financial assistanceMonetary help for needs
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- property divisionDistributing jointly owned assets
- asset divisionDistributing jointly owned holdings
lump sum · periodic payments · entitlement · monetary award · income · earnings · economic dependency · contribution
Enforceable written agreement
- contractual agreementEnforceable mutual promise
- oral contractUnwritten binding promise
- written agreementDocumented terms between parties
- prenupContract preceding marriage
terms · mutual understanding · consideration · reliance · expectation
cohabitation
Dwelling together unmarried
- unmarriedNot legally wed
- live-inResiding at work
- nonmaritalOutside wedlock
domestic partnership · common-law · long-term · romantic · intimacy · companionship · cohabitants · partners · separation · breakup
lawsuit
Civil court proceeding
- litigationLegal dispute process
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- defendantParty facing charges
court order · judgment · precedent · civil suit · legal action · enforceable · implied contract · oral agreement · breach of promise · cause of action
support
To uphold or sustain
- financial assistanceMonetary help for needs
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- property divisionDistributing jointly owned assets
asset division · lump sum · periodic payments · entitlement · monetary award · income · earnings · economic dependency · contribution · restitution
contract
Enforceable written agreement
- contractual agreementEnforceable mutual promise
- oral contractUnwritten binding promise
- written agreementDocumented terms between parties
prenup · terms · mutual understanding · consideration · reliance · expectation
- divorcedivorce court, divorce decree, divorce papers, divorce filing, divorce lawyer
- family lawchild custody, child support, family court, divorce petitions, divorce law
- cohabitationcohabitation, cohabiting, cohabitants, cohabiting couple, living together
- marriage lawmarriage contract, divorce decree, marriage certificate, matrimony, divorce petition
- cohabitation lawliving together, domestic partnership, common law marriage, legal recognition, civil union
- marital propertymarital property, marital assets, community property, separate property, joint property