California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Butcher v. Superior Court, 139 Cal.App.3d 58, 188 Cal.Rptr. 503 (Cal. App. 1983):
We next address the argument that, even recognizing an unmarried person's interest in the continuation of the relationship with the nonmarital partner (Sawyer v. Bailey, supra, 413 A.2d 165), policy reasons dictate limiting those interests to the legally married. Recent cases speak in terms of judicial linedrawing; whether the line should be drawn to include or exclude the interest of a nonmarital cohabitant.
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