1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to civil law; allowing for modification of spousal maintenance based 
1.3 	on the cohabitation of the obligee;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 
1.4 	518.552, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 518.552, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 6.Cohabitation. Spousal maintenance may be modified pursuant to section 
1.9 	518A.39, subdivision 2, based on the maintenance obligee's cohabitation with another 
1.10 	adult following dissolution of the parties' marriage. The modification may consist of a 
1.11 	reduction, suspension, reservation, or termination of maintenance. In determining if 
1.12 	maintenance should be modified due to cohabitation, the court shall consider:
1.13 	(1) whether the maintenance obligee would have married their cohabitant but for 
1.14 	the maintenance award;
1.15 	(2) the economic benefit the maintenance obligee derives from the cohabitation; 
1.16 	(3) the length of the cohabitation and the likely future duration of the cohabitation; and
1.17 	(4) the economic impact on the maintenance obligee if maintenance was terminated 
1.18 	and the cohabitation ended.
1.19 	The court shall not modify a maintenance award based solely on the cohabitation if 
1.20 	the cohabitant is one of the individuals listed in section 517.03, subdivision 1. A requested 
1.21 	modification based on this subdivision shall be subject to being precluded or limited if 
1.22 	jurisdiction to modify is lacking due to the parties having entered into a private agreement 
1.23 	governed by section 518.552, subdivision 5. No motion to modify a spousal maintenance 
1.24 	award on the basis of cohabitation may be brought within one year of the date of entry of a 
2.1 	decree of dissolution or legal separation that orders spousal maintenance, unless the parties 
2.2 	have agreed a modification can be brought by written agreement or the court finds that 
2.3 	failing to allow the motion to proceed creates an extreme hardship for one of the parties.