Court Opinion

ID: 9835009
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-02 02:00:33.517668+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:44:56.499595
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McEVERS, Justice,
concurring specially.
[¶ 15] I have signed the majority opinion, writing separately to note that this Court has previously discussed evidentiary factors for the trial court to consider when determining whether cohabitating is the functional equivalent or is analogous to marriage. See Baker v. Baker, 1997 ND 135, ¶¶ 12-15, 566 N.W.2d 806 (discussing other courts that have employed evidentia-ry factors to determine whether to end spousal support). Assuming that Scott Klein will waste no time in again moving to terminate spousal support once a full year has passed after the statute has become effective, the district court should consider the non-exclusive factors discussed in Baker, as well as any other relevant factors. I also write to note my concerns about whether the legislature may enact statutes that have the effect of disturbing existing court judgments.
[¶ 16] LISA FAIR McEVERS