Jump to content

Civil partnership in the United Kingdom

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Montrealais (talk | contribs) at 19:54, 18 November 2004. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Part of the LGBTQ rights series
Marriage

Recognized

Civil unions or registered partnerships but not marriage
Minimal recognition
See also
Notes
  1. ^ a b Performed in the Netherlands proper (including the Caribbean Netherlands), as well as in Aruba and Curaçao. May be registered in Sint Maarten in such cases, but the rights of marriage are not guaranteed.
  2. ^ Neither performed nor recognized in Niue, Tokelau, or the Cook Islands.
  3. ^ Neither performed nor recognized in six British Overseas Territories.
  4. ^ a b Neither performed nor recognized in some tribal nations of the US. Recognized but not performed in several other tribal nations and American Samoa.
  5. ^ Registered foreign marriages confer all marriage rights in Israel. Domestic common-law marriages confer most rights of marriage. Domestic civil marriage recognized by some cities.
  6. ^ a b c d e The Coman v. Romania ruling of the European Court of Justice obliges the state to provide residency rights for the foreign spouses of EU citizens. Some member states, including Romania, do not follow the ruling.
  7. ^ A "declaration of family relationship" is available in several of Cambodia's communes which may be useful in matters such as housing, but is not legally binding.
  8. ^ Guardianship agreements confer some limited legal benefits in China, including decisions about medical and personal care.
  9. ^ Hong Kong provides inheritance, guardianship rights, and residency rights for foreign spouses of legal residents.
  10. ^ Indian courts have recognised guru–shishya, nata pratha or maitri karar–type contractual relationships, but they are not legally binding.
  11. ^ Most Japanese cities and prefectures issue partnership certificates, but they are not legally binding.
  12. ^ Marriages conducted abroad between a Namibian national and a foreign spouse provide residency rights in Namibia.
  13. ^ Romania provides hospital visitation rights through a "legal representative" status.
  1. ^ Not yet in effect.
LGBTQ portal

There are currently no plans to introduce same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom.

However, a bill to introduce civil partnerships that are virtually identical to marriage, the Civil Partnership Bill, was announced in the 2003 Queen's Speech and was introduced into Parliament. It was passed by the House of Lords, its final legislative hurdle, on November 17, 2004, and is to receive Royal Assent later in the week. The unions will only be available to same-sex couples. [1]

Civil partnerships will be available without the couple's having to live together for a certain length of time, and there will be a formal process for disolving them. The partnerships will entitle same-sex couples to "a range of property rights, the same exemption as married couples on inheritance tax, social security and pension benefits, and also the ability to get parental responsibility for a partner's children" (BBC), as well as responsibility for reasonable maintenance of one's partner and their children, tenancy rights, full life insurance recognition, and visiting rights in hospitals.

See also: Legal consequences of marriage in the United Kingdom

This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Civil_partnership_in_the_United_Kingdom&oldid=7622200"