Civil Partnership & Cohabitation

Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act of 2010. The court may on the application to it on behalf of either of the Civil Partners or by any other person who in the opinion of court has a sufficient interest in the matter make one or more of the following orders in relation to a Civil Partnership.

1. An order declaring that the Civil Partnership was at its inception a valid Civil Partnership 2. An order declaring that the Civil Partnership subsisted on a date specified in the application 3. An order declaring that the Civil Partnership did not subsist on a date specified in the application other than the date of its inception. 4. The court may only make an order if one of the Civil Partners is domiciled in Ireland on the date of the application. 5. Has been ordinarily been resident in Ireland throughout the period of one year immediately preceding the date of the application 6. Dies before the date of the application and was at the time of death domiciled in Ireland or had been ordinarily resident in the state throughout the period of one year immediately preceding the date of the application.

The courts can make property adjustment orders, pension orders, Maintenance orders etc.

Tallans Solicitors LLP can assist you with advice and preparing the application for court and provides a nationwide service.

Co-Habitants

A qualified Co-Habitant means an adult who was in a relationship of Co-Habitation with another adult and who immediately before the time the relationship ended whether through death or otherwise was living with the other adult as a couple for a

1. Period of 2 years or more in the case where they are the parents of one or more children and 2. 5 Years or more i any other case

The court has the Jurisdiction to make property adjustment orders, Pension Adjustment Orders, Maintenance Orders and Custody and Access orders and any other orders within the Jurisdiction of the Courts.

Tallans Solicitors LLP can advise and assist you with the preparation of the application and provides a service in Dublin and across the North East.

How long will it take?

We understand that most people seeking legal advice regarding family law, have liked experienced a difficult time before they reach out and are cautious as to how long the process of resolving these issues may take. For the majority of cases, mediations take place with the goal of reaching lead to an agreement; therefore the duration is mostly governed by the speed of those mediations. At Tallans, we advise that unless an agreement is distinctly achievable within the first few months, that proceedings are suitable as the court timetable then becomes a factor in the resolution time. As an example, in financial proceedings following divorce, the initial court appointment is marked for 3 months after the issue of proceedings with the court. If an agreement is not reached before that meeting and/or terms are not agreed at court at the appointment, then a further date would be set by the court for roughly 3 months later and so on.

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