Registration of Civil Partnerships
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In the United Kingdom, civil partnerships are legitimized by the Civil Partnership Act of 2004 that gives same sex couples the same responsibilities and rights as a civil marriage. Civil partners enjoy the same property rights as opposite sex married couples, pensions, inheritance tax and social security benefits. When it comes to the dissolution of such partnerships, there is a formal procedure that is initiated for terminating such a partnership. In fact opposite sex couples who enter into a cohabitation agreement often wonder why their agreement is not recognised in the court of law.
A civil partnership is registered in the court of law and both the partners need to submit a formal notice for registering a civil partnership in the office of the local registrar. It is necessary to do this in person, no matter wherever your residence is. After you have submitted a notice, details about the notice will be made public in the area where both the partners live for a span of 15 days. After the completion of these 15 days, the couple can go ahead and register their partnership. If any of one of the partners is a subject of immigration control, then it is necessary to offer additional documentary evidence.
When it comes to the dissolution of such a partnership, no such applications can be placed within the span of a year. Similar to a marriage, this sort of an agreement can only be dissolved in the event of an ‘irretrievable breakdown’ by which the court can issue a dissolution order. Section 44 of the law states that Court will refrain from giving such an order until and unless the applicant furnishes sufficient reasons which are similar to the ones meant for a divorce as per the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. It is necessary that help from civil partnership solicitors is sought in this regard.
