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Civil Partner Rights Ireland
Once a Civil Partnership has been registered each of the partners acquires rights. The Civil Partner Rights in Ireland include:
- The shared home in which the Civil Partners ordinarily live will be subject to protection like that which applies in the case of married couples so that generally it is not possible for the partner who owns the home to dispose of it without the prior consent in writing of the other partner.
- A court can make a maintenance order requiring one civil partner to provide maintenance to the other.
- If a deceased leaves a civil partner and no children, the surviving civil partner’s legal right is to 50% of the estate. If the deceased has left children then the surviving partner’s share is to one-third of the estate. In case of intestacy if the deceased leaves a civil partner and no issue, the civil partner inherits the entire estate. Provision is included to permit a child of the deceased civil partner to make a court application within six months of the date of extraction of a grant of representation to the deceased’s estate seeking an enlarged share.
- The court can make a range of financial orders on granting a dissolution of a civil partnership, like those which may be granted on the separation of married couple, including:
- maintenance orders
- property adjustments order
- financial compensation orders (provision by way of insurance arrangement)
- pension adjustment orders
- property adjustment orders for sale of property or relating to occupation of property
- orders providing for a surviving civil partner from the estate of a deceased former partner.
The information contained in this website is an overview and explanation of the general process. It is not to be taken as legal advice. Please consult Local Solicitor for legal advice. If you need to get involved in a process Local Solicitor is in your corner to help you through the process. You can contact Local Solicitor by telephoning 01 8438138.