Sentences with phrase «civil partnership then»

If you or the other parent wants to formally end your marriage or civil partnership then you will need to get divorced or dissolve the partnership.

But couples who live together without marrying or entering a civil partnership then split up can't do this.

If you are dissolving a civil partnership then the same «facts» apply except that you can not rely on adultery.

Not exact matches

If marriage and civil partnerships are all about commitment, as David Cameron insists, then there is no difference, apart from the sexual aspect, between the relationship of a same - sex couples and that of equally loving, cohabiting sisters.

Richard Harries, then Bishop of Oxford, did indeed signal C of E support for civil partnerships.

«We don't feel there is either a necessity or a requirement to open up civil partnerships to heterosexuals because there is no deficit there — there is no lack of an ability to be able to formalise a relationship in a legal way,» she said then.

They must first have their marriage dissolved, gain legal recognition of the new gender and then register for a civil partnership.

We were therefore delighted to play a strong part in the campaign to legalise first same - sex civil partnerships and then same - sex marriages in England, Wales, and Scotland, and are currently working for same - sex marriages to also be legalised in Northern Ireland.

In order to have a ceremony that is recognised legally as a civil partnership you would have to marry in the UK and then have a commitment ceremony (blessing) in Cyrpus.

«But, if the option of civil partnerships for same sex couples is to continue to be retained, then civil partnerships must also be available to opposite sex couples in order to avoid discrimination.»

If the scheme is intended to give safety net protection to vulnerable cohabitants then it would fail if it required couples to have first gone through a marriage / civil partnership type ceremony or registration.

The Bill does not affect the validity of your existing civil partnership, so if you are happy with it already then there is nothing you need to do.

Walsh believed their motion had been accepted by the then taoiseach, Brian Cowen, and minister for justice, Dermot Ahern, and was «very disappointed» when the Bill was published, because it conveyed «most» marriage entitlements to civil partnerships.

They may then proceed to enter a civil partnership within the six - month period of validity of the form.

Civil Partnerships won't come into effect for another year, at the very earliest, as the final legislation has yet to be published and then passed through the Oireachtas.

If none of the grounds above apply, or you have not been in your civil partnership for more than a year, then you can apply for a legal separation instead.

You can then order and pay for a civil partnership certificate.

If you've been living together as a couple and then separate, you have fewer rights than couples who divorce or dissolve their civil partnership.