If, prior to and including the date of an accidental injury received by one or the other as a subject worker, two unmarried individuals have cohabited together such that the relationship would be subject to the provisions of ORS § 107.105 to 107.136 and 107.700 to 107.735, the surviving cohabitant is entitled to compensation under this chapter the same as if the individuals had been legally married. [Amended by 1983 c.816 § 4; 2015 c.629 § 55; 2022 c.6 § 2]

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