Civil Partnership Act 2004

摘要

The Civil Partnership Act 2004 created civil partnerships as a legal status for same-sex couples, giving them equivalent rights and obligations to married couples in areas including property, inheritance, pensions, and immigration. Since the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, same-sex couples can also marry.

要点

• Civil partnerships available to same-sex couples (extended to opposite-sex couples in 2019)
• Formation by registration — no religious ceremony required
• Same legal rights as marriage: property, next of kin, inheritance, pensions
• Dissolution procedure mirrors divorce
• Financial provision on dissolution same as matrimonial proceedings
• Civil partners recognised for immigration purposes

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