Cohabitation: Unmarried Couples and the Law

Cohabitation worries?

Living together raises a variety of important legal questions that apply to the growing number of cohabiting couples who choose not to marry.

Find out the answers to all your family law and cohabitation questions in this little book.

In the mid-1960s only five per cent of single women lived with a man before getting married. By the 1990s, this figure had risen to 70 per cent. That means that most of us have been living together as a couple without being married, or cohabitation. However, despite this massive change in people's lifestyles over the years, the family law that we live under has not been so eager to keep up to date.

The legal and financial issues involved in living together (or cohabitation) are important.

Legislation recognises married couples as special but often ignores the relationship between unmarried people. This can undermine your position financially and emotionally, if you separate or your partner dies without making a Will.

Written by a solicitor who specialises in family law, this book covers the key legal issues that affect couples living together - from property and finances, children and illness to what to do in the event of separation or death.

Cohabitation worries?
Find out exactly where you stand now!

Cohabitation: Unmarried Couples and the Family Law Contents