Contracts I
Restatement Third of Restitution § 28
Unmarried Cohabitants
- If two persons have formerly lived together in a relationship resembling marriage, and if one of them owns a specific asset to which the other has made substantial, uncompensated contributions in the form of property or services, the person making such contributions has a claim in restitution against the owner as necessary to prevent unjust enrichment upon the dissolution of the relationship.
- The rule of subsection (1) may be displaced, modified, or supplemented by local domestic relations law.
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