| | 1: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2016 August 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In this case we are called on to consider the continued viability and applicability of ourdecision in Hewitt v. Hewitt, 77 Ill. 2d 49 (1979), which held that Illinois public policy, as setforth in this States statutory prohibition against common-law marriage, precludes unmarriedcohabitants from bringing claims against one another to enforce mutual property rights wherethe rights asserted are rooted in a marriage-like relationship between the parties. | | | | Date Created: | 08-18-2016 | | | | Agency ID: | 118781 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071646 Original UID: 189633 FIRST WORD: Blumenthal | |
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