Cohabitation

Cohabitation is defined as “living with” someone in a marriage like relationship. There is a spectrum of activities than can be considered cohabitation and does not necessarily require the parties to be living together 100% of the time. It is defined on a case by case basis in most cases, but if the parties are living together most of the time, sharing finances, household responsibilities and generally behaving the way most married couples would, they will probably be considered to be cohabitating.

I do not practice disability law and I am not sure I can answer your question. If you are asking if alimony is considered income for the purposes of determining whether your income is low enough to qualify for in home help, I do not know the specific answer to that question. However, alimony is classified as income.

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Please explain what specifically constitutes cohabitation and if the federal determination of disability for the spouse receiving the alimony is a qualifying factor in having a live in for medical assistance?