Cohabitation

There are many types of living together arrangements and our lawyers provide highly experienced on how best to protect your interests.

Whether you are going into a new stage of your relationship, or are already a couple living together, we aim to help you to sort things out to avoid or minimise the chance of legal disputes if there are difficulties within your relationship.

Legal Advice & Services for Cohabiting Couples

With over 40 specialist, highly experienced family lawyers in locations around England & Wales, we can assist you in ways including :

• Cohabitation agreements

• Financial issues where an unmarried couple separate

• Children related legal issues with unmarried couples including custody or parental responsibility

• Entering into prenuptial or pre-partnership agreements

• Deed of trust advice where an unmarried couple buy a property together

• Living together property disputes including claiming equity interest in a property

• Applications for financial provision for children

• Wills for couples in long term unmarried relationships

Cohabitation Agreements

We draft and review cohabitation agreements. The basic elements to be covered will generally include :

• Financial Arrangements - who will pay for what, recording agreed position on equity in any property you own and other matters including joint debts.

• How assets will be divided if you split up and a mechanism for resolving any disputes.

A cohabitation agreement is a legally binding contract. You should ensure that you have both taken independent legal advice before signing the agreement. In addition to a cohabitation agreement, where you jointly own property, you should consider a deed of trust and also think about a will.

To find out more about cohabitation and how we can help you, get in touch with one of our family law specialists today.