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Category: Cohabitation

Divorce in slight decline as more people cohabit

At the end of November the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released annual statistics on divorces that took place in England and Wales in 2013. They found that divorce rates dropped 2.9% in 2013 where 114,720 divorces were granted compared to 118,140 in 2012. These statistics follow a general decline

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A Practical Guide to Cohabitation Agreements

The Marriage Foundation recently conducted research that indicates almost 52% of teens and 20-year-olds in the UK do not intend to marry. 2011 census figures identify more than 6.5 million people currently living in cohabiting relationships, and with only a quarter of couples who move in together seeing it as

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I was never married – what parental rights do I have?

By Faye Remnant The legal rights and responsibilities of mothers and fathers are known as ‘parental responsibility’. The most important duties of someone with parental responsibility are to protect and maintain the child, provide the child with a home, consenting to medical treatment, looking after the child’s property, disciplining the

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The Legal Rights of Cohabiting Couples

A common cultural misconception in the UK is that if you’ve been cohabiting with a partner for a certain amount of time you gain similar rights to those couples who are married or in a civil partnership.  The reality of rights for cohabiting couples is far from this.  Cohabitation rights

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5 Reasons to Guest Blawg

A key component of blogging, guest blogging is, as the term suggests, where a blogger writes as a guest on another blogger’s blog. While this may be obvious, it may not be apparent to some why guest blogging can be useful. Here are 5 reasons why you may wish to

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