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Sharon Rate, who died after a diabetes-related illness, had always made it clear that she wanted her assets and belongings, including her four-bedroom home in Sunderland, to go to her three children.
When Mum died, her partner refused to move out - and sparked a legal battle costing us £260,000: This is why unmarried couples MUST draw up a cohabitation agreement, and exactly how to do it
