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Cohabitation & Divorce: Civil Partnerships

Dissolution of Civil Partnerships

A civil partnership can only be ended by application for dissolution, an application for annulment or by the death of one of the partners. In order to apply for dissolution, you will need to have been in a registered civil partnership for at least one year.

Dissolution proceedings are very similar to divorce proceedings. The court has a wide discretion and will take into account all the circumstances of the partners in deciding how to divide the assets between the parties or in making future arrangements for any children who have been treated by the parties as children of the family.
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