Agreement to Share Property

Partner 1's name: ______________________
Partner 2's name: ______________________
We agree as follows:
1. This contract sets forth our rights and obligations toward each other. We intend to abide by them in a spirit of cooperation and good faith.
2. All earned income received by either of us after the date of this contract and all property purchased with this income belongs in equal shares to both of us, with the following exceptions: _________________________.
3. All real or personal property earned or accumulated by either of us before the date of this agreement (except jointly owned property listed in Attachment C of this agreement), including all future income such property produces, is the separate property of the person who earned or accumulated it and cannot be transferred to the other except in writing. Attached to this agreement in the form of Attachments A, B, and C are lists of the major items of property each of us owns separately and both of us own jointly.
4. Should either of us receive real or personal property by gift or inheritance, that property, including all future income it produces, belongs absolutely to the person receiving the gift or inheritance and cannot be transferred to the other except in writing.
5. In the event we separate, all jointly owned property shall be divided equally.
6. Any dispute arising out of this contract will be mediated by a third person mutually acceptable to both of us. The mediator's role will be to help us arrive at our solution, not to impose one on us. If good faith efforts to arrive at our own solution to all issues in dispute with the help of a mediator prove to be fruitless, either of us may pursue other legal remedies.
7. This agreement represents our complete understanding regarding our living together and replaces any and all prior agreements, written or oral. It can be amended, but only in writing, and any amendments must be signed by both of us.
8. If a court finds any portion of this contract to be illegal or otherwise unenforceable, the remainder of the contract is still in full force and effect.

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Partner 1's signature	Date

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Partner 2's signature	Date

Certificate of Acknowledgment of Notary Public

State of _______________________________	)
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County of _____________________________	)

On _____________________, before me, ______________________________, a notary public in and for said state personally appeared ___________________ ________________________, known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument, and acknowledged to me that he or she executed the same in his or her authorized capacity and that by his or her signature on the instrument, the person, or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the instrument.
	WITNESS my hand and official seal.
	_____________________________________
	Notary Public for the State of ______________
	My commission expires __________________
[NOTARY SEAL]

Attachment A
Separate property of ______________________:
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Attachment B
Separate property of ______________________:
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Attachment C
Jointly owned property acquired prior to ____________________________ [date of this Agreement]
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