Cohabitation -- No Alimony.
| The Court determined that in this case, where the Marital Agreement stated that Alimony would terminate upon Cohabitation = Alimony would terminate upon Cohabitation. |
In a Decision – Quinn v Quin - the Court Held that Alimony would terminate upon Cohabitation if that was what is set forth in the Marital Agreement.
A syllabus snippet:
There is a strong public policy favoring stability of arrangements in matrimonial matters. Therefore, fair and definitive arrangements arrived at by mutual consent should not be unnecessarily or lightly disturbed. When the intent of the parties is plain and the language is clear and unambiguous, a court must enforce the agreement as written, unless doing so would lead to an absurd result. To the extent that there is any ambiguity in the expression of the terms of a settlement agreement, a hearing may be necessary to discern the intent of the parties at the time the agreement was entered and to implement that intent.