HB4404 Summary: Uniform Cohabitants' Economic Remedies Act

• Allows unmarried cohabitants to bring contractual or equitable claims based on contributions to their relationship, including domestic services, caregiving, and property contributions.

• Permits cohabitants' agreements to be oral, written, express, or implied-in-fact, with contributions to the relationship serving as valid consideration.

• Courts must consider factors including nature and value of contributions, duration of cohabitation, reliance on representations, intent to share property, and other relevant circumstances when adjudicating equitable claims.

• Protects cohabitants' right to pursue civil, criminal, or administrative remedies by voiding agreement terms that limit remedies for victims of crimes of violence.

• Court judgments against a cohabitant are treated as unsecured creditor claims and cannot impair rights of good-faith purchasers, secured creditors, or spousal claims from marriages to other persons.