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There is no legal barrier in live-in relationships between an unmarried girl and a married man. But both the persons should not be minor and should be capable of giving consent and understand the circumstances which are they living in. Living in a relationship is not considered to be marriage. A marriage with the girl/man is one aspect under marriage act and living with her/him is another concept. A live-in relationship cannot be called as second marriage of the man. But there is a condition to this is that the unmarried girl should know about the marriage of his partner prior entering into the relationship. If the marriage of the adult male is not disclosed to the girl then the girl has the liberty and right to file the criminal proceedings against the male partner for concealing of facts. Moreover, the girl can file a maintenance petition against the man whom she is in live-in relationship. If by their relationship a child is born he can claim the maintenance and property in equal to the child born from the legal wedding