Palimony is the division of financial assets and real property on the termination of a personal live-in relationship wherein the parties are not legally married. The term "palimony" is not a legal or historical term, but rather a colloquial portmanteau of the words pal and alimony coined by celebrity divorce attorney Marvin Mitchelson coined in 1977 when his client Michelle Triola Marvin filed an unsuccessful suit against the actor Lee Marvin.
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