Unmarried couples could get half of everything when they split
MPs want people who live together to have the same divorce rights as those who are married
07:49, 16 MAY 2021
Unmarried couples could get half of everything when they split
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Unmarried couples who have chosen to live together could have to split their property 50/50 when they break up, under plans being put forward by MPs.
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Call for 3.2m cohabiting couples to have same rights as those who are married Mirror 6 days ago Nigel Nelson
MPs want 3.4 million cohabiting couples to have the same financial rights as those who are married.
The plan is to protect one partner from being thrown on the streets with nothing if they break up or one dies and the home is not jointly owned.
And it would mean two people who have chosen to live together rather than marry or enter a civil partnership would have to split property 50-50 just as divorcing couples must do.
MPs on the powerful Commons Women and Equalities Committee are looking into what legal mechanisms are needed to treat cohabiting couples the same as married ones.
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A quarter of family specialists are actively considering leaving the profession, according to a survey that suggests a generational ‘brain drain’ is looming.
Family law group Resolution, which conducted the survey of 1,213 members, said a combination of long working hours, heavy workloads, client expectations and working in isolation have taken their toll on practitioners.
Half of respondents said they considered leaving the profession at some point in the last three years because of wellbeing concerns; 26% were actively considering quitting.
Over half of practitioners work more than eight hours a day and 88% said they worked while they were on annual leave.
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