Civil partnership for mixed sex couples

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Just been announced that civil partnerships will be extended to mixed sex couples in scotland. Quite happy about this as a non married person in a ltr.

Just to clarify civil partnerships == common law marriage

No, not "common law marriage", nor "marriage by habit and repute". There will still be some sort of document-signing.

Isn't it just legal recognition of a relationship without having to get married. That's what I understood it to be.

No, it's a legal partnership via civil ceremony that isn't a marriage.

You don't have the same financial rights when you divorce either compared to marriage.

The current situation is fully explained here. Just change the wording to cover opposite-sex couples.

Ending a civil partnership is also covered.

Civil partnership and marriage are almost identical and civil partners have the same rights and responsibilities as married partners. Doesnt seem to state that you would get less in case of separation. That seems like a major difference that would have been mentioned surely. Not that that deters me. Everything dp and I have is jointly owned and we'd both be equally piss poor if we separate 😂

I think the big mistake was not opening marriage to same sex couples in the first place. Civil marriages if religious bodies weren’t supportive (I am a woman married to a man and we had a civil marriage ceremony in mid 2000s and weren’t allowed any religious references).

Now we’ve got this weird situation with marriages and civil partnerships.

I like the idea of not having to say vows, just signing a bit of paper 😁