Hewitt back on the books

The year 2016 was pivotal in defining the rights of cohabitating couples in a marriage-like relationship. It is the year the Illinois Supreme Court reaffirmed its 1979 decision in Hewitt v. Hewitt, 77 Ill.2d 49 (Ill. 1979), “that Illinois public policy … precludes unmarried cohabitants from bringing claims against one another to enforce mutual property rights where the rights asserted are …

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