Cohabitation

If you need legal advice on the implications of living together our lawyers are highly experienced on how best to protect your interests.

Whether you are buying a property, or are already a couple living together or are in a long term unmarried relationship with children, we can help you to sort things out to protect you legally and minimise the chance of legal disputes.

Legal Advice & Services for Cohabiting Couples

With over 40 specialist, highly experienced family lawyers, we can assist you in ways including :

• Drafting, reviewing and advising on cohabitation agreements

• Dealing with finances if you separate.

• Children related legal issues with unmarried couples including applications for financial provision, custody or parental responsibility.

• How to protect yourself if you are an unmarried couple buying a property together.

• Advice if you are living together but only 1 of you owns the property.

• Wills for couples in long term unmarried relationships

Cohabitation Agreement Solicitors

We are experienced in drafting and reviewing cohabitation agreements.

Key clauses in a cohabitation agreement 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.

• Beneficiary Nominations - who will receive death-in-service benefits and life insurance proceeds.

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.