Solicitors providing legal and family law services in Bristol and the South West

Family Law - Cohabitation

We offer all the help and legal advice you will need if you are considering setting up home or moving in with your partner, and want to know all the implications.

• We can give you information about your legal position as a cohabitee

• We can help you draw up a written agreement relating to any property involved

• We can advise you on any disputes that may arise

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Cohabitation Agreement and Disputes

Setting up home? You need to think about the future to avoid messy financial disputes.

The best way of achieving this is by regulating your cohabitation by way of a written agreement. An agreement is always advisable particularly when you are each putting in different amounts of capital when buying a house or when one of you is paying the mortgage.We can offer a fixed fee to draw up an agreement that will suit you both.  We can only act for one of you and so your partner will have to seek independent legal advice.

If there was no written agreement then we will help you to try and reach an agreement with your ex-partner.  If this proves impossible, then we advise and represent you in court proceedings.

Where there are children involved, the parent with care can make an application under the Children Act to postpone the other parent’s interest in a property until the youngest child has finished secondary school or reached the age of 18, whichever is the later.

Full and competent advice will be given to you throughout your case to help you to achieve the best possible outcome.

Questions and Answers

• What rights do I have over our assets if my partner and I decide to part?
• This will depend on your contribution to various assets (the main one being any house or other property) either financially or otherwise, and your original intentions at the outset of your relationship.

• Can I make sure my contributions to the assets are safe should we later decide to cease our relationship?
• Yes, by agreement at the outset, preferably through a formal document.

Please ring us at any time on 0117 973 1391 and make an appointment to see us.

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