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Especially since you have children, you NEED to protect yourself and contact a lawyer before having your boyfriend move in. A lawyer can help you draft a legal agreement between you and your partner about what you are entitled to if you separate.
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Florida law states as long as he lives in your home, even for a short period he is considered a resident by law. If you want him to leave and he doesn't want to you cant make him without doing a legal eviction. You will have to evict him just like a landlord evicting a tenant, you have to pay to do that as well. He will not have any legal rights to your home as far as owning it as long as he is not put on the deed.
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Do you actually own the home, or is there a mortgage? If you actually own the home, he would not be entitled to the house even if you were married and getting a divorce. If you don't, then you must make sure that you do not create a common law marriage (which Florida might recognize). I do not know Florida's specific common law marriage requirements, but usually it requires cohabitation plus holding yourself out to the public as a married couple plus the passage of a specified time period. Thus, if you do not own your home, you should talk to a Florida attorney to find out how to protect yourself against being considered common law married.
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