Govt consults on equal rights for unmarried couples

In the consultation paper published today, the Commission focuses on the financial hardship suffered by people cohabiting, or their children, when a relationship ends for whatever reasons. Some of the topics included in the document cover: Whether cohabitants should be allowed the right to periodical payments, lump sums or transfers of property following a separation, in the same manner as settlements and maintenance payments are awarded in a divorce; When a cohabitant dies without a will, it asks whether the surviving partner should have an automatic right to inherit, the same as a ...