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What Should a Cohabitation Agreement Look Like?

Key points to takeaway:
A cohabitation agreement should be clear and unambiguous.
It is essential to obtain legal advice before preparing an agreement.
The best time to make a cohabitation agreement is before you move in together.
A cohabitation agreement should be drafted to reflect your personal circumstances.
Give yourselves at least four weeks to draft the agreement before making a major financial commitment like buying a property or getting married.
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Civil Partnerships – marriage in modern form?

Lorna2021-04-21T16:51:44+00:00April 21st, 2021|Civil Partnerships, Divorce & Dissolution of Civil Partnerships, Family Law News|

Heterosexual couples will be able to enter into a civil partnership in Scotland from 1 June 2021 therefore allowing all couples a choice between marriage and civil partnership, but will this be a popular alternative or will marriage continue to prevail?

Civil partnership was introduced in Scotland for same sex couples by the Civil Partnership Act 2004. The Act took effect from 5 December 2005 and allowed same-sex couples to enter into a civil partnership, a legal relationship which carries the same rights as marriage. In December 2014, same-sex couples became legally able to marry and so had the choice between […]