Two people of the same sex, who are not
already in a civil partnership, will be allowed to get married from December 31.
Couples
already in a civil partnership can apply to marry or remain as they are.
From Monday 16 November, same - sex couples, including couples who are
already in civil partnerships, will be able to give notice of their intention to marry.
Not exact matches
Will the SEC take this opportunity to clarify that same - sex couples
in civil unions, domestic
partnerships, and similar legal relationships intended to give them at least some of the economic benefits of marriage, are «spouses» to one another, and thus eligible for the alternative accredited investor qualification standard made available to persons who are married (with the Supreme Court's recent decision striking down Section 3 of DOMA, it is
already clear that persons
in same - sex marriages are «spouses» to one another)?
«The House of Lords has
already voted clearly
in favour of allowing
civil partnerships in places of worship,» he said.
Brown is
in favour of
civil partnerships in the Palace of Westminster (although he did not actually mention that
in the hearing today — he didn't need to, because Downing Street had
already briefed it
in advance).
Downing Street have
already revealed that Brown is going to use the hearing to declare that he's
in favour of the Palace of Westminster being used for
civil partnership ceremonies.
Further, the Court has
already held that such
civil partnerships have an intrinsic value for persons
in the applicants» position, irrespective of the legal effects, however narrow or extensive, that they would produce (see Vallianatos, cited above, § 81).
It was Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 that provided a mechanism for someone who has not remarried or entered into a
civil partnership to bring a claim
in England and Wales against a spouse or former spouse even if a court has
already made a financial order
in divorce proceedings
in another jurisdiction.