{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:622","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Position of Surviving Cohabitee","number":"622","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/622/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK II - FAMILY","title":"TITLE I. - BONDS OF RELATIONSHIP BY CONSANGUINITY AND BY AFFINITY.","chapter":"Chapter 8. - Cohabitation Without Marriage","section":null,"paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"If two persons have lived together, at least, for five years as if they were married and the relationship is terminated by the death of one of the cohabitees, the Court may, upon request, order that the surviving cohabitee shall have the same rights of succession as a surviving spouse.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/622/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":173,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/173/?article=622&paragraph=p1#article-622-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"The Court shall make such order as is reasonable in the circumstances.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/622/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":173,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/173/?article=622&paragraph=p2#article-622-p2"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}