Cap. 571 Art. 5Nullity of contract of cohabitation.

(1) A contract of cohabitation concluded between:

(a) persons, one of whom is under the age of assuming contractual obligations, unless that person is so authorised at law;

(b) ascendants and descendants in the direct line;

(c) siblings, from the same parents, or from one and the same single parent;

(d) persons being related by affinity in the direct line;

(e) the person adopting and the adoptee;

(f) persons, one of whom is unable to give his consent for the contract due to interdiction, incapacitation or the lack of the use of reason;

(g) persons who are married or are in a civil union relationship, either between themselves or with third parties;

(h) persons who are in a contract of cohabitation with third parties according to the provisions of this Act;

(i) persons who are in a cohabitation with third parties, one of whom has declared the relationship as such by a unilateral declaration in accordance with this Act;

(j) cohabitants whose intimate relationship between themselves or with third parties is regulated by a foreign law that provides for rights and obligations between themselves, irrespective of its title as long as

(2) For the purposes of sub-article (1), the relationship of an adopted person shall be considered to exist both in reference to that person’s biological family as well as his adoptive family.

(3) The Court of Voluntary Jurisdiction under which one of the parties intending to enter into a contract of cohabitation falls may, if good cause is shown, refrain from applying the provisions of article 5(1)(d).