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Spousal maintenance

Premarital cohabitation can matter when assessing imbalance

Supreme Court · Civil Chamber · STS 713/2015
· Note published and reviewed: 2026-10-27

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The Supreme Court allowed consideration of uninterrupted cohabitation preceding marriage when deciding spousal maintenance arising from the marital breakdown.

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Supreme Court · Civil Chamber · STS 713/2015 · 2015-12-16

This is an original explanatory note. The cited material is full judgment on the official judicial website. Where a summary or study is cited, this note does not claim a full-text review of the judgment.

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General information on Spanish law. Application depends on the facts, applicable legislation and subsequent developments. English text is explanatory, not an official translation.

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