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CIVIL PARTNERSHIP SOLICITORS IN READING & HENLEY

Civil Partnerships are legal unions available to heterosexual and same-sex couples in the UK. Find out how our Civil Partnership solicitors in Reading and Henley can assist you.

What are the legal differences between Civil Partnerships and Marriage?

Civil Partnerships award essentially the same rights to couples as Marriage but there are a few notable differences between Civil Partnerships and Marriage including:

  • Civil partners cannot legally call themselves ‘married’.
  • The actual Civil Partnership event can only be a civil event, not a religious ceremony
  • Marriages are ended by divorce and Civil Partnerships by dissolution, and for dissolution to occur the couple must have remained within the civil partnership for at least one year.
  • A Civil Partnership is not voidable on the basis of non-consummation
  • Adultery is only a ground for dissolution of a civil partnership if it is committed with a person of the opposite sex
  • Unlike marriage, not all countries recognise civil partnerships – so when it comes to travelling or emigrating, problems occasionally arise.
Our civil partnership solicitors in Reading and Henley advise on all of the legal issues relating to civil partnerships, including:
  • Drafting pre-civil partnership agreements to help couples organise their finances during the partnership and to provide for the division of assets if the relationship breaks down.
  • Working with our private client department to advise you on Wills and property issues.
  • The legal process for ending a civil partnership called a dissolution.
  • The financial aspects of a dissolution.
  • Any child issues
How we can help
Our family law team can advise you on all aspects of Civil Partnerships, from pre-civil agreements to the dissolution process.

Richard Rodway

Partner & Head of Divorce & Family Department

Julia Drury

Partner & Solicitor, Divorce & Family Department
Civil Partnerships award essentially the same rights to couples as marriage does but there are a few notable differences between Civil Partnerships and Marriage

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Lower Earley
Reading
Berkshire RG6 5SY
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Henley on Thames
Oxfordshire RG9 2BN
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