Sentences with phrase «civil partners»

If your ex-partner's name is on the tenancy, you can only stay there while you're married or civil partners.

A postnup, which is taken out after a couple has married or become civil partners, is often used if one partner comes into an inheritance or buys a second property.

Though civil partners have pension rights in most cases, some private plans may not choose to recognize the relationship.

Once you have registered a civil partnership, you and your partner will both be legally referred to as «civil partners».

Civil partners and spouses won't pay inheritance tax on what their partner leaves to them as long as they are left the entire estate.

Although several states award alimony to civil partners and common law spouses, North Carolina does not.

If you are not civil partners, the non-birth mother will only be the child's second legal parent if the conception was at a licensed clinic in the UK and the relevant consent forms have been properly completed and signed.

There is no stamp duty payable on certain transfers between spouses, civil partners and cohabitants — see above.

Courts use the same marital equitable property statutes and case laws when dividing assets between civil partners.

Transfers of property between spouses or civil partners are exempt from stamp duty.

(Widowed people and surviving civil partners are treated in the same way.)

What is the situation concerning civil partners who entered a registered partnership abroad (i.e. a relationship prescribed under a section 5 order as equivalent to civil partnership)?

They can continue as civil partners.

A same - sex couple who enter a registered partnership by 15 May 2016 in another jurisdiction will be recognised as civil partners in Ireland.

Transfers of assets between spouses or civil partners on foot of a court order in a decree of divorce or dissolution are exempt from CGT but transfer of assets after the granting of the decree that are not ordered by the court are not.

For married couples or civil partners, each spouse or civil partner is treated individually by their employer or pension provider throughout the year.

They are often used by couples who want to agree — before they marry or become civil partners — how they would divide their:

Transfers of assets between spouses or civil partners who are separated are exempt from CGT if they are made under a separation agreement or a court order.

A Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's Non-Contributory Pension is paid to widowed people or surviving civil partners without dependent children, who do not qualify for a contributory pension and who pass a means test.

The application process is the same as for foreign nationals who are not the spouses or civil partners of Irish citizens but there are more favourable residence requirements.

Civil partners are treated in the same way as spouses under the tax and social welfare codes.

Married couples and civil partners are legally obliged to maintain their dependent children in accordance with their means.

Transfers of assets between spouses or civil partners are exempt from CGT.

Civil partners have the same legal right to inherit as spouses and the same rights on intestacy.

«Eventually, the officials came back and said: «Congratulations — you're the first couple in Ireland to be recognised as civil partners».

However, any increase in the value of pre-existing business interests while you were married or civil partners might be counted as matrimonial property.

Unlike divorce proceedings, the civil partners» legal advisers are not required to discuss the possibility of reconciliation, mediation or other alternatives to dissolution.

In Scotland: Business interests will generally only be taken into account as «matrimonial property» if they were set up or acquired after you were married or became civil partners.

For more information on these options see the information on the taxation of married people and civil partners.

Find out more about how civil partners are treated under the tax code.

Taxation of married people and civil partners There are three ways in which you can be taxed as a married person.

Civil partners have the same rights and obligations as opposite - sex married couples in an extensive range of areas including tax, inheritance, next of kin, social welfare, immigration and pensions, and have the same employment and equality protection as married couples.

So, where are there most lesbian and gay civil partners across the country?

Transfers of assets between spouses or civil partners whether by way of gift or inheritance are exempt from CAT.

The unlimited interest extends to the life of spouses (and, since 2004, civil partners), even if there is no financial dependency.

The transferable nil rate band legislation allowing married couples and civil partners to minimise inheritance tax

Civil partners were given virtually identical rights and responsibilities as opposite - sex couples entering into civil marriage.

Time will tell if they are to be sitting ducks for potential claims by civil partners and same sex spouses in similar situations to Mr Walker, or whether they will be afforded protection in line with the Court of Appeal's 2015 decision.

Joyce and Sybil Burden, who share a home, argue that it is unfair for them to be taxed less favourably than married couples and civil partners.

A husband and wife or two civil partners can only have one main residence between them for as long as they are living together and if they own separate residences when they marry or register a civil partnership they should elect which is to be their main residence within two years.

The Cohabitation Rights Bill defines cohabitation as two people (A and B) in a relationship, who are not married or civil partners of each other, or within prohibited degrees of relationship, and who:

the impact of post - separation / divorce cohabitation on spouses or civil partners in relation to financial provision, in particular periodical payments; and

While many couples choose not to marry or enter into a formal civil partnership, the law does not protect cohabitees in the same way it protects married couples and civil partners.

Once those needs have been considered, the commission believes that married couples and civil partners should be entitled to agree their own financial arrangements.

Though civil partners have pension rights in most cases, some private plans may not choose to recognize the relationship.

However, many pension schemes recognise cohabiting partners alongside spouses and civil partners, provided certain conditions are met.

The class of people entitled to make a dependency claim is wider than for the bereavement award, and includes former spouses and civil partners, but in all cases the dependency has to be proved by evidence.

Civil partners are provided with the full range of financial applications that are available to spouses including Orders relating to property, financial support and pension sharing.

It has over 1,000 questions focussed specifically on married couples and civil partners in the family law context and has been in use at my firm, Family Law Partners, since July 2014.

As part of the financial settlement upon divorce / dissolution of a civil partnership, claims in respect of the children are dealt with as part and parcel of the claims between the spouses / civil partners.