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Data show “nontraditional” families — those made up of single parents, single adults, cohabiting couples and stepfamilies — now outnumber “traditional” nuclear families in the United States.

He testified that the couple had been married for 20 years and were cohabiting “under the same roof” but were living separate lives then and dating other people.

Last year, UK law changed to afford cohabiting couples the same right.

"It almost felt like a pressure to go back into cohabiting after having had my own space. That almost felt like stepping into something new and unknown again."

The federal agency said an annual survey of family living arrangements found the tally of children under age 18 who lived with cohabiting parents jumped from 2.2 million in 2007 to 3.2 million this year.