Subjects:

Family Law

Contents:

1. Introduction to the Act

2. What is a civil partnership? Formation by registration in England and Wales: eligibility

3. Pre-registration procedure: standard procedure

housebound and detained partners

certain non-residents and other special cases

4. Registration in England and Wales: the standard procedure

the special procedure

5. Registration outside the UK by Order in Council

6. Overseas relationships treated as civil partnerships

7. Financial and property implications of civil partnership

8. Children

9. Relationship between the Civil Partnership Act and the Gender Recognition Act

10. The ending of the partnership: orders for dissolution

11. Nullity and other proceedings

12. Offences

13. Domestic violence and occupation of the home

14. Financial consequences on breakdown

15. Financial relief in England and Wales after an overseas dissolution: Schedule 7

16. Miscellaneous.

This authoritative guide to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 is written by Paul Mallender and Jane Rayson, two family law barristers with a combined practice experience of over fifty years. "The Civil Partnership Act 2004: A Practical Guide" provides clear, concise explanations of the new legislation.

This book covers the lifetime of a relationship, from entering into the civil partnership, its consequences in terms of financial and family arrangements, to practical guidance on how the partnership is dissolved and the consequences of breakdown and death.