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Originally Posted by Rhöna of the Rhein  But the point remains that cohabitants have opted not to enter into a contract of marriage - they don't necessarily want the rights.
Of course, there are couples who will benefit from the provisions. Perhaps they don't believe in the concept of marriage/have kids/have lived together for many years. I can understand that these couples really should have rights, particularly rights upon intestacy.
But for those couples, who, as i said earlier, were moving in together to 'test their relationship' but without the intention of creating similar legal obligations as in marriage, they lose out, particularly if the relationship fails - if they split up, they will be left with a more tricky separation than if the rights didn't exist at all.
It just doesn't make much sense to my mind to apply these rights pretty much across the board. |
Before reading this thread I would've agreed with you, however the point about cohabitation legally consituting an implied contract is an excellent one.
