1. If you are living with someone else, your financial need has likely been reduced or eliminated, thereby reducing or eliminating your need for spousal support.
2. If you are living with someone else, accepting (or taking) spousal support is, in essence, double-dipping.
3. If you are living with someone else, while receiving spousal support, your former spouse is also supporting that other person.
4. If you are living with someone else, you are likely in a social and financial interdependent relationship akin to a marriage.
5. In many instances, if you are living with someone else, you may be violating a Marital Settlement Agreement or may be in breach of a final judgment.
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