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Palimony

By: Margaret Ryznar
In: The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia
Edited by: Marilyn J. Coleman & Lawrence H. Ganong
Subject:American Studies, Family Studies (general)
Keywords:California; cohabitation; common-law marriage; contracts; courts; palimony; Supreme Court

While divorce law provides for property division, the term palimony was coined in the 1970s to describe a financial settlement made upon the breakup of an unmarried, cohabiting couple (i.e., two people who live together and engage in a sexual relationship ...

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  Ryznar, M. (2014). Palimony. In M. J. Coleman, & L. H. Ganong (Eds.), The social history of the American family: An encyclopedia (Vol. 1, pp. 987-990). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n401
  
  Ryznar, Margaret. "Palimony." In The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia, edited by Coleman, Marilyn J., and Lawrence H. Ganong, 987-90. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n401.
  
  Ryznar, M. 2014. Palimony. In: Marilyn J. Coleman and Lawrence H. Ganong Editors, 2014. The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 987-990 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n401> [Accessed 17 Apr 2021].
  
  Ryznar, Margaret. "Palimony." The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Marilyn J. Coleman and Lawrence H. Ganong. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014, pp. 987-90. SAGE Knowledge. 17 Apr 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n401.
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