Slightly strange proposal here, I really don’t know what it’s being driven by either:
Cohabiting couples who separate should be given the
same rights to each other’s wealth as married couples who divorce,
according to Government advisers.
Cohabitants
should receive automatic rights and obligations "akin to marriage",
according to research financed by the Ministry of Justice and published
yesterday.
These rights include a share of
property and pensions and the ability to claim maintenance and lump
sums. The research suggests there should be an "opt-out" scheme for
those unhappy with such an arrangement – as long as both partners agree
to it.
The aim seems to be to bring back Common Law marriage, something we certainly haven’t had since the 1750s (and possibly before, I’m hazy on that point). But not if people opt out.
Why not leave the situation as it is….that you have to opt in? If you want shared finances then get married: there’s no religious connotations to this any more. it is literally a piece of paper forming a contract. That contract providing for shared finances. Why complicate matters?
Anyone know what the idea behind this is?
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