Cohabitation rights.

[motorbiking]

Anyone living together for more than 3 years will acquire rights under new government meddling proposals.

A fairer end to relationships: consultation document

www.gov.uk

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

Cue all kinds of weird unintended consequences. Dodgy lodgers renting a room and stealing half the owner's stuff after they claim they were in a relationship.

Could I have claimed half my mum's stuff when I left as a teenager?

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

We lived together for lots of years before we got married. We wrote a DIY will each, problem solved.

People just need educating, it doesn't need government meddling in everyone's lives and causing loads of problems.

 

[noseall]

it doesn't need government meddling

How else are they going to modernise laws?

 

[motorbiking]

Just more money for divorce lawyers as any couple living together for more than 3 years must sign an opt out and they must obtain legal advice. The opt out must include full financial disclosure.

So if this law passes I will have to “divorce” ms motorbiking even though we were never married and both understand cohabitation gives no rights.

The idea that a cohabiting couple can inherit is entirely different.

 

[motorbiking]

Cue all kinds of weird unintended consequences. Dodgy lodgers renting a room and stealing half the owner's stuff after they claim they were in a relationship.

Could I have claimed half my mum's stuff when I left as a teenager?

The frustrating bit is that you have to get your opt out “legally certified”. So that’s two lawyers signing off and charging probably £1k each minimum

 

[aveatry]

Wonder if it will bring to the fore any iffy relationships where either one decides to get out before the 3 years otherwise the other half will be after their pension.
But hold on where are they going to live because of the other loony policy renters rights bill there are not enough properties to rent as the land lords have sold up.

 

[motorbiking]

Wonder if it will bring to the fore any iffy relationships where either one decides to get out before the 3 years otherwise the other half will be after their pension.
But hold on where are they going to live because of the other loony policy renters rights bill there are not enough properties to rent as the land lords have sold up.

under the current proposals they will have to go through a mini-divorce and sign an opt out agreement. They must also get a lawyer to provide a legal certificate.

There are hardly any areas of law, were taking legal advice is mandatory. seems a bit odd.

 

[MNW67]

It all seems odd. The argument in favour, I suppose, is that it brings certainty.

 

[motorbiking]

It all seems odd. The argument in favour, I suppose, is that it brings certainty.

there is certainty now. If you own it, you own it. It seems the informed are being punished to protect the uninformed.

The inheritance part, I fully support. two people in a long term committed relationship should be able to leave assets to each other in the same way as a marred couple.

The idea that you can invite your girlfriend/boyfriend to move in, pay no rent etc. and they acquire rights after 3 years is quite odd. Not only that, but to opt out requires a declaration, a certificate from a lawyer that they gave advice and full financial disclosure. It looks like you have to do something like Financial Consent Order, in order to opt out of Financial Consent Orders.

The problem with the framework is it's woolly and that means lawyer fees.