Sentences with phrase «civil partnership breaks»

They are a state - recognised status for same sex couples, and the rights and responsibilities arising from a civil partnership are virtually identical to those of marriage, especially in terms of tax, and in terms of available remedies if the civil partnership breaks down.

Not exact matches

The Tories would achieve the tax break by allowing some people who are married or in a civil partnership to transfer part of their tax - free personal allowance to their spouse or partner.

Its seminal report on cohabitation issued on July 2007, is a ground - breaking paper setting out a proposed structure for the protection of the increasing numbers of couples who live together outside marriage or civil partnership, but whose financial and property affairs are closely entwined.

You need to show the court that you have been in a civil partnership for longer than a year and prove to the court that your civil partnership has irretrievably broken down by satisfying one of these four grounds:

Whether you are getting married, entering into a civil partnership or are cohabiting with your partner, it is important to make sure that assets are preserved or distributed appropriately, particularly in the event that a relationship or marriage breaks down.

If you are living with a partner but are not married or in a civil partnership, a cohabitation agreement is a document that outlines what is to happen if the relationship does break down.

To dissolve a civil partnership you have to prove that the relationship has broken down irretrievably in one of the same ways, except that you can not rely on adultery.

To obtain a dissolution Order it must be shown that the civil partnership has broken down irretrievably and, as with divorce, dissolution Orders are, in the first instance, conditional and may be made final after a further period of 6 weeks and 1 day has expired.

Few of us enter into marriage or a civil partnership anticipating it to break down but in these modern times it pays to be practical when making one of the most emotional decisions of your life.

Whilst there was significant objection during the passage of the Bill through Parliament that the promise that civil partnerships would not serve as a «stepping - stone» to marriage had been broken, the move received support across the political parties.

A pre-nuptial agreement is a written agreement entered into by a couple before their marriage or civil partnership which sets out what will happen in the event their relationship breaks down.

Living together for a long time and / or having children does not give you the same «rights» as a married couple or civil partnership if your relationship breaks down.

If you and your partner split up, your rights with respect to the family home depend on what type of home you live in and whether you are married, in a civil partnership or cohabiting when the relationship breaks down.